/tags/racial-justice-act Racial Justice Act en-US Copyright Fri, 25 Sep 2020 19:43:44 GMT /race-demographics/2020-09-25/3-north-carolina-death-row-inmates-to-serve-life-in-prison The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Friday that three death row inmates will have their sentences reduced to life in prison through the state's… Fri, 25 Sep 2020 19:43:44 GMT /race-demographics/2020-09-25/3-north-carolina-death-row-inmates-to-serve-life-in-prison Associated Press /race-demographics/2019-08-26/race-and-the-death-penalty-arguments-ongoing-in-north-carolina Four death row prisoners will argue to North Carolina's highest court that racial bias so infected their trials that they should be resentenced to life in… Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:20:38 GMT /race-demographics/2019-08-26/race-and-the-death-penalty-arguments-ongoing-in-north-carolina Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the… Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:02:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system A University of Michigan study of North Carolina death penalty trials from 2012 showed that prosecutors on average struck black jurors at 2.5 times the… Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:02:19 GMT /race-demographics/2019-08-23/addressing-racial-bias-in-north-carolinas-judicial-system Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-05-17/life-and-death-after-exoneration Darryl Hunt was exonerated in 2004 after serving almost 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In the years that followed his release, Hunt… Wed, 17 May 2017 16:41:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-05-17/life-and-death-after-exoneration Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /law/2017-05-17/life-and-death-after-exoneration Darryl Hunt was exonerated in 2004 after serving almost 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In the years that followed his release, Hunt… Wed, 17 May 2017 16:41:31 GMT /law/2017-05-17/life-and-death-after-exoneration Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2014-10-17/the-challenges-of-detecting-racial-bias-in-court-proceedings The Racial Justice Act of 2009 allowed defendants in North Carolina to appeal their death sentences if they could show racial bias was a factor in their… Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:03:52 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-10-17/the-challenges-of-detecting-racial-bias-in-court-proceedings Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /politics/2014-10-17/the-challenges-of-detecting-racial-bias-in-court-proceedings The Racial Justice Act of 2009 allowed defendants in North Carolina to appeal their death sentences if they could show racial bias was a factor in their… Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:03:52 GMT /politics/2014-10-17/the-challenges-of-detecting-racial-bias-in-court-proceedings Will Michaels, Frank Stasio /politics/2014-04-14/nobody-should-die-in-north-carolina-because-race-played-a-role-in-getting-the-death-sentence Monday afternoon, the state Supreme Court heard the cases of four former death row prisoners whose sentences were commuted to life in prison under the… Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:51:08 GMT /politics/2014-04-14/nobody-should-die-in-north-carolina-because-race-played-a-role-in-getting-the-death-sentence Jessica Jones /politics/2014-04-14/state-supreme-court-hears-racial-justice-act-cases This morning, the state supreme court will hear the cases of four defendants who were removed from death row under the state's racial justice act. The… Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2014-04-14/state-supreme-court-hears-racial-justice-act-cases Jessica Jones