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In historic NC hearing, Joe Freeman Britt’s troubled past as prosecutor looms
By Jacob Biba This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project. In February and early March, a Johnston County Superior Court judge held an evidentiary hearing related to a claim filed by Hasson Bacote that race played an impermissible role in the jury selection of his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. For nearly 14 years, Bacote, a Black man, has sought relief …Read more Continue reading In historic NC hearing, Joe Freeman Britt’s troubled past as prosecutor looms