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RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had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