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NC Racial Justice Act (RJA) Hearing for Hasson Bacote Begins!

February 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am – March 8, 2024 @ 5:00 pm

Please read and share the additional RJA stories that came out this past week:

NBC News: North Carolina hearing over alleged racial bias in jury selection could upend death sentences; NC Newsline: Lawyers to argue death penalty is ‘a legacy of racial terrorism’ – if NC Supreme Court lets them; WRAL: Johnston County hearing could revive controversial Racial Justice Act claims in NC; WRAL: NC man fights death sentence, challenges jury’s alleged racial bias

WRAL will livestream the hearing every day this first week!