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.
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose ... 100% of the time while similar white defendants received a death sentence ...
Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and ... bias in the fact that Black defendants in capital cases were sentenced to death 100% of the time while similar white defendants received a death sentence ...