On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...

A Johnston County judge ruled Friday that race was ... In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death penalty ...

social science research and the historical and present-day influence of race and the administration of justice across the state and in Johnston County specifically. The court also considered ...

The court also removed his law enforcement certification. The court also said Johnson will be removed from the Johnston County Board of Education with the finding of corruption. The board plans to ...

Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson ... I got your back,’” Johnson said in court. Johnson was a Smithfield police officer at the time the alleged scheme took place.

Ronald Johnson, an embattled Johnston County school board member ... On Friday, Superior Court Judge Joseph Crosswhite sentenced Johnson to 6 to 17 months in prison on the felony extortion ...

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SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — Several family members of a Durham man, 57-year-old Emmanuel Gbedee, filled inside a Johnston County courtroom Thursday afternoon ... while making his first appearance in ...