Tag: Racial Justice Act
November 23, 2011 at 12:09 pmCategory:Uncategorized
The state Senate Judiciary I Committee just sent out a notice that it would take up the bill to repeal the Racial Justice Act (with the dishonestly named substitute that was rammed through the House this summer) next Monday at 2:30 pm.
Happy Holidays, folks! What’s next? A bill to repeal the First and Fourth Amendments scheduled on Chritmas Eve?
November 18, 2011 at 7:54 amCategory:Uncategorized
Today’s editorial in the Wilmington Star-News nails it. The only thing it’s missing is a scathing attack on Thom Tillis and Phil Berger for apparently embracing such reprehensible action:
“Prosecutors in North Carolina should remember that they owe allegiance to justice, not to their conviction record. It is unconscionable for anyone sworn to upholding justice to push for a law that could block justice from being done.
Yet that is exactly what North Carolina’s district attorneys are trying to do – again. They want the N.C. General Assembly, which is bent on having year-round sessions, to repeal the Racial Justice Act when they return to Raleigh on Nov. 27. They are likely to be supported by the new legislative majority; no Republicans voted for the 2009 bill. But repealing it would constitute an injustice. Read More…
November 16, 2011 at 3:53 pmCategory:Uncategorized
There will be a press event in the state Legislative Building tomorrow to respond to the latest effort by prosecutors to undermine the Racial Justice Act. In the mean time, read this letter from the NC Advocates for Justice and the NC NAACP to get some of the real scoop.
March 6, 2009 at 11:22 amCategory:Uncategorized
The Racial Justice Act is back. The bill passed one chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly last year, but did not make it to a floor vote.
The Racial Justice Act simply provides that, “No person shall be subject to or given a sentence of death, or shall be executed pursuant to any judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race.” One would think that the law already provided such protections, but one would be wrong. Read More…