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Waiting for an an act of racial justice in North Carolina

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That's the title of a post at Facing South, the blog of the Institute for Southern Studies.  LINKIn North Carolina last week more than 300 clergy members signed onto a letter sent to lawmakers urging the passage of the North Carolina Racial Justice Act, a bill giving capital murder defendants the right to challenge prosecutions on grounds of racial bias. The bill passed in the North Carolina House in 2007 and now is pending in the state Senate. Supporters of the bill hope the NC Senate will pass the bill in the next two to three weeks. Facts about the North Carolina Racial Justice Act:  It would allow a person accused of a capital crime the opportunity of a court review of whether race played a part in the prosecutor?s decision to seek the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).