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Racial Justice ActNC Racial Justice Act hearing continuesSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 8:40am.READ MORE:
The first evidentiary hearing involving the state's Racial Justice Act is scheduled to continue this week in a Cumberland County courtroom, where prosecutors plan to call four more current or former judges to testify.
Full story... » NC House panel meets to review death penalty, raceSubmitted by WWAY on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 1:56pm.READ MORE: NC House panel meets to review death penalty, raceSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 8:51am.READ MORE:
A House committee examining whether North Carolina laws should change based on evidence of racial bias in death penalty cases is holding its first meeting.
Full story... » Testimony continues in Racial Justice Act hearingSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 8:58am.READ MORE:
A Tufts University professor is testifying in the first evidentiary hearing involving North Carolina's Racial Justice Act about what he calls unconscious or implicit racism.
Full story... » First hearing under NC's Racial Justice Act beginsSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 4:24pm.READ MORE:
A hearing involving a killer who's the first on North Carolina's death row to use a new law to try to prove that race played a role in his sentence has begun in Fayetteville.
Full story... » Perdue's veto now considered by NC LegislatureSubmitted by Katelyn Supa on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 8:20am.READ MORE:
The North Carolina Legislature is meeting again in Raleigh because Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed a bill that would essentially repeal a 2009 law creating a new way for death-row prisoners to appeal their sentences based on racial discrimination.
Full story... » NC local prosecutor resigns from panel over vetoSubmitted by WWAY on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:50am.READ MORE:
A North Carolina district attorney has resigned from fellow Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's crime policy panel because she vetoed a bill that would have essentially repealed a 2009 law focused on capital punishment and racial bias.
Full story... » NC governor to call Legislature back Jan. 4Submitted by Katelyn Supa on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 8:45am.READ MORE:
Gov. Beverly Perdue will tell the North Carolina Legislature to return to Raleigh early next month to consider her veto of a bill to do away with a 2009 law that addressed racial bias in the death penalty.
Full story... » Gov. Perdue vetoes death-row racial bias billSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 12:59pm.READ MORE:
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has vetoed a bill that would have essentially repealed a 2009 law designed to address alleged racial bias in death penalty cases.
Full story... » Victims' relatives differ on death row billSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 1:59pm.READ MORE:
Family members of murder victims are meeting with North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue in hopes of persuading her to make a decision on a bill that would essentially repeal a 2009 law designed to address alleged racial bias in death penalty cases.
Full story... » NC senate panel votes to repeal death row lawSubmitted by WWAY on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 6:23pm.READ MORE: NC prosecutors want Racial Justice Act struck downSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 12:48pm.READ MORE: |
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