In historic NC hearing, Joe Freeman Britt's troubled past as prosecutor looms
The proceedings are in Johnston County, but the legacy of former Roberson and Scotland County prosecutor Joe Freeman Britt hangs over them.
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The proceedings are in Johnston County, but the legacy of former Roberson and Scotland County prosecutor Joe Freeman Britt hangs over them.
Hasson Bacote, 37, convicted of felony first-degree murder but state has not executed a death row prisoner since 2006
Hasson Bacote argues that a racially biased jury jeopardized his shot at a fair trial.
A superior court judge will begin a hearing next week in a death row case that could affect other Racial Justice Act claims.
The first hearing in a series of death penalty cases ordered reopened by a landmark state Supreme Court ruling began last week in a Wake County courtroom.