In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death penalty cases brought by Greg Butler, the assistant district attorney who ...

Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD ... “glaring” patterns of bias in a prosecutorial district outside the capital.

Yesterday’s Supreme Court’s decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma reinforces the importance of prosecutorial accountability and ethical conduct. Buncombe County D.A. Todd Williams was the sole active North ...