Judge to decide if racial bias affected jury selection in North Carolina death row case.

A North Carolina judge is set to rule on whether racial bias influenced jury selection in Hasson Bacote's 2009 death penalty trial. Bacote is a Black man whose sentence was recently commuted to life in prison by former Governor Roy Cooper. The case could set a precedent for other death row inmates under the Racial Justice Act of 2009, which allows inmates to seek resentencing if racial bias is proven in their trials.

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