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Honoring the legacy of a Black Milwaukee County judge who broke barriers in court system
In the 1990s, Lockheed envisioned an aircraft so massive it needed Airbus and Boeing to build it. Explore the story of the ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.
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North Carolina Judge Rules Racial Bias Played a Role in Conviction of Black Man Who Spent 15 Years on Death Row
Judge ruled prosecutors unlawfully dismissed Black jurors in Hasson Bacote's death penalty case and used racist language like ...
Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
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Judge to seat jury in trial of ex-prosecutor accused of shielding Ahmaud Arbery's killers
Jury selection is set to conclude ... of the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. White men with guns and pickup trucks chased and fatally shot the running Black man on a neighborhood street after ...
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Jury Selection in A$AP Rocky Trial Sparks Racial Concerns with All Non-Black Members
the jury consists entirely of non-Black individuals, with 7 women and 5 men, and no Black jurors, TMZ reports. The trial, overseen by a white judge, is set to begin after Rocky rejected a plea ...
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Is This White Supremacy? ASAP Rocky Trial Goes Controversial Over Jury Selection
ASAP Rocky trial just started! The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is facing two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from an incident in November 2021. But it seems ...
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Jackie Johnson trial: Jury selection resumes after coastal Georgia ice storm
The 25-year-old was chased down by three white men in pickup trucks and killed ... of racist vigilantism after cellphone footage of the Black man’s killing was leaked online more than two ...
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A$AP Rocky’s lawyers protest lack of black potential jurors ahead of assault trial
A judge said he expects a jury will be chosen at the trial of A$AP Rocky on Thursday, while lawyers for the hip-hop star are protesting the dearth of black candidates ...
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A$AP Rocky Jury Selection Sparks Backlash on Los Angeles
His father is from Barbados. His lawyers argue that Black representation in the jury would ensure a fair trial. The Los Angeles County court system randomly selects qualified citizens from the ...
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Not enough Black people in jury pool, say A$AP Rocky’s lawyers as LA trial begins on gun charges
Before the jury panel was brought in, Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold asked him who the women were, and marveled at the youthful appearance of his mother, Renee Black. “What were you ...
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A$AP Rocky assault trial heads to opening statements as a jury is seated
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury of five men and seven women was seated Thursday for the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend in ...