Hasson Bacote (ABC11, Feb. 7, 2025) Cassandra Stubbs with the ACLU Capital Punishment Project said, "He referred to Mr. Bacote as a thug. He testified that was a term that did have racial ...
On Feb. 7, a North Carolina judge ruled in a landmark case that race played a key role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under the Racial ...
On Friday, a judge said race did play a role in the trial and death sentence of Hasson Bacote. Bacote was previously sentenced to death for the 2007 death of Anthony Surles during a robbery attempt.