North Carolina Supreme Court Reinstates Life Sentence for Marcus Robinson
WEBAug 14, 2020 · DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina’s Supreme Court today reinstated the life sentence of Marcus Robinson awarded by a North Carolina trial court that found, under the Racial Justice Act, that his death sentence was tainted by racial discrimination. The court found that the state’s attempt to strip Mr. Robinson of the life sentence previously ...
8 Years After Proving Racism Affected His Trial, North Carolina …
WEBAug 14, 2020 · On Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court reinstated the life sentence of Marcus Robinson, a 47-year-old Black man who proved before a judge in 2012 that racism had affected trial proceedings...
N.C. Court: Take Inmate Off Death Row After Racism at Trial - TIME
WEBAug 14, 2020 · O n Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court reinstated the life sentence of Marcus Robinson, a 47-year-old Black man who proved before a judge in 2012 that racism had affected trial...
Marcus Robinson Remembered for Pioneering Racial Justice Case
WEBJul 13, 2022 · Marcus Robinson (pictured), the first person to be granted relief under North Carolina’s trailblazing Racial Justice Act, has died. Robinson, who was sentenced to death in 1994 for a crime he committed shortly after turning 18, …
After Proving Racial Bias Infected His Death Sentence, Marcus Robinson ...
WEBAug 14, 2020 · The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled today that the State is barred from reimposing a death sentence on Marcus Robinson, who was sentenced to life after proving his death sentence was imposed on the basis of his race. Mr. Robinson was the first person on North Carolina’s death row to have a hearing under …
Remembering Marcus Robinson, who helped expose death …
WEBJul 1, 2022 · Earlier this month, Marcus Robinson was found dead in his cell at Scotland Correctional Institution. The prison ruled it a suicide. He was 49 and had spent his entire adult life, as well as a good chunk of his childhood, in prison. His …
Remembering Marcus Robinson, who helped expose death …
WEBJul 8, 2022 · Last month, Marcus Robinson was found dead in his cell at Scotland Correctional Institution. The prison ruled it a suicide. He was 49 and had spent his entire adult life, as well as a good chunk of his childhood, in prison.
North Carolina v. Robinson | American Civil Liberties Union
WEBMay 30, 2017 · A North Carolina judge found intentional and systemic discrimination by state prosecutors against African-American potential jurors in capital cases and commuted the sentence of death-row prisoner Marcus Robinson to life in prison without the possibility of parole in April 2012.
Moved Off and Back On North Carolina's Death Row: State Supreme ... - TIME
WEBAug 26, 2019 · Golphin and three other inmates — Marcus Robinson, Christina Walters, and Quintel Augustine — who were all on death row for murder committed in Cumberland County, were re-sentenced in 2012 to...
N.C. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Racial Bias In Death …
WEBAug 26, 2019 · Death row inmate Marcus Robinson listens in 2012 as a judge concludes that racial bias played a role when he was sentenced to death. Robinson was resentenced to life, but he was sent back to...
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