1,300 words, 6-minute read A t nine o’clock one recent morning the doors to a seventh-floor federal courtroom in Raleigh swung open, revealing an unspoken truth. On the plaintiffs’ side, nearly everyone seated was Black; on the other, everyone associated with the defense was white. Now, plaintiffs and defendants often sit on opposite sides of ...
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