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The North Carolina Supreme Court may soon consider another case that will test enforcement of Batson v. Kentucky, the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision that prohibits the use of race in jury selection.  […]

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.

Anne Blythe, a former reporter for The News & Observer, has reported on courts, criminal justice, and an array of topics in North Carolina for more than three decades.