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White prosecutors are standing in front of overwhelmingly white juries comparing Black defendants facing the death penalty to animals. The racism in North Carolina’s application of the death penalty is so clear it is blinding, says the ACLU.
North Carolina's more than 135 death row inmates could potentially see their sentences changed to life in prison in the wake of a landmark hearing scheduled to begin next week that will test whether racial discrimination has played a role in jury selection in capital cases.
A superior court judge will begin a hearing next week in a death row case that could affect other Racial Justice Act claims.
“Saipov's trial and the DOJ's decision to seek death represents a broken promise by the Biden administration.” Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor…
Although Biden campaigned against capital punishment, Sayfullo Saipov was recently convicted in the first federal death penalty trial during his administration.