Susannah Luthi writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the negative impacts of a misguided West Coast law. In late 2022, a judge in California’s Bay Area overturned the convictions…
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that a prisoner who used the Racial Justice Act to escape death row is exempt from that act’s repeal. The prisoner, convicted murderer…
The N.C. Supreme Court has revived the now-repealed Racial Justice Act to allow two death row inmates to challenge their sentences. The court’s lone Republican offered the only dissents in…
Three condemned murderers were moved from death row yesterday. Having prevailed under Racial Justice Act claims, they now are serving life sentences without parole. The Racial Justice Act is, for…
Scoring a hat trick, the General Assembly overrode the Governor’s third veto this week with a final vote on Senate Bill 416, Amend Death Penalty Procedures, a.k.a Racial Justice Act…
Right now, one of my kids has strep, which the doctor says is highly contagious. We’re trying to contain it so it doesn’t spread and make us all sick. Those who…
This week, the entire nation was introduced to Governor Bev Perdue’s pet monster, the vicious killer she’s protecting by blocking the door to the execution chamber for killers just like him. By now you’ve…
Last Wednesday, House Republicans failed to garner enough votes to override Governor Perdue’s veto on the Racial Justice Act(RJA). The 2009 law, which allows North Carolina death row inmates to…
It appears from recent reports that the House may look to find a compromise on the Racial Justice Act (RJA). The current bill (SB 9), which Governor Perdue vetoed, would…
A common argument by proponents of the Racial Justice Act is statistical evidence is used in employment and housing discrimination cases, so why not for death penalty cases? Using employment…
Rick Shaffer, who is a Democratic district attorney, resigned from Governor Perdue’s Crime Commission. His resignation is based on the Governor’s veto of the bill (SB 9) that would have…
The North Carolina Racial Justice Act allows those on death row or facing the death penalty to challenge the decision to seek or impose the death penalty. To win this…