RALEIGH — The man accused in the death of state school board member Kathy Taft has pleaded not guilty.

Jason K. Williford entered the plea during a hearing Tuesday in a Wake County courtroom.

Williford is charged in the March 2010 rape and death of Taft at a home in Raleigh.

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