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North Carolina RJA Returns to Senate

By Steve Hall

The Racial Justice Act, SB 461, received final passage in the North Carolina House yesterday.  It returns to the Senate where a different version has already passed.  Today's Winston-Salem Journal reports, "N.C. House approves Racial Justice Act."The N.C. House gave its final approval yesterday to a bill known as the North Carolina Racial Justice Act, which would set up new ways for defendants and death-row inmates to argue that capital punishment is applied in a racially biased manner. The House approved the bill on a vote of 61-53, with most Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.The N.C. Senate previously approved a different version of the bill. Before it can become law, the House and Senate must agree on a single version...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 16, 2009 (boomark / email).