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...
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.
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...
Eight Years After Proving Racism Affected His Trial, North Carolina ...
WEBToday, 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 that resulted in his death sentence, article available here.
Marcus Robinson (prisoner) - Wikipedia
WEBMarcus Reymond Robinson (April 2, 1973 – June 9, 2022) was an African-American convicted and sentenced to death in Cumberland County Superior Court for the June 1991 death of Erik Tornblom. Robinson also was sentenced to 40 years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon, 10 years for larceny and five years for possessing a weapon of mass destruction.
After Proving Racial Bias Infected His Death Sentence, Marcus Robinson ...
WEBAug 14, 2020 · Marcus Robinson was the first person on death row in North Carolina to prove racial bias in his capital sentence under the Racial Justice Act. The court ruled that his life sentence stands after he was acquitted of …
The Case of Marcus Robinson - Death Penalty Information Center
WEBAug 5, 1991 · Marcus Robinson was the first defendant to receive a hearing under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act. His sentence was reduced to life without parole due to evidence of racial bias in jury selection.
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, died June 9, 2022.
Remembering Marcus Robinson, who helped expose death …
WEBJul 8, 2022 · Marcus Robinson was the youngest person on death row and the first to be tried under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act. He spent decades fighting for his life and justice, but was found dead in his cell last month.
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.