In Butler’s other cases, risk of removal from the jury pool by peremptory challenges was more than 10 times higher for Black candidates ... who leads the department. Bacote challenged his death ...

Hasson Bacote was among a group of 15 death row inmates whose sentences were commuted to ... risk of removal from the jury pool by peremptory challenges was more than 10 times higher for Black ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.