NC repeals law that allowed condemned inmates to serve life if they could prove racial bias

NC repeals law that allowed condemned inmates to serve life if they

could prove racial bias



RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had

allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in

prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their

cases.

Gov Pat McCrory affixed his signature Wednesday.

Both proponents and critics say the repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice

Act will restart the death penalty in a state that hasn't executed an

inmate since 2006.

Republicans and McCrory said the law was so poorly crafted that it has

allowed nearly all of the state's 156 death-row inmates to launch

appeals under the law regardless of their race. They say the law

impedes the will of unanimous jury decisions.

But Democrats argue there's plenty of evidence and studies that show

those juries were racially biased.





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