He got 100 years for shooting at police -- now a debate over racial bias prompts new trial

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 2016, Ramar Crump was convicted of crimes tied to a chaotic shootout with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police three years before. Superior Court Judge Greg Hayes sentenced Crump to up to 100 years in prison. Now, a divided North Carolina Supreme Court has ordered a new trial, ruling that Hayes improperly blocked Crump's attorney from questioning the prospective jurors about their possible racial biases. The 4-3 decision this month overturned a 2018 ruling by the state Court of Appeals that unanimously upheld Crump's conviction. The seven members of the state's highest court, howe...