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PASS LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO COMBAT RACISM WITHOUT ANY UNDE

By "Persian Cowboy"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2009 For more information contact:Rev. William Barber, NC-NAACP (919) 682-4700Jeremy Collins, NCCM (919) 491-2917Charmaine Fuller, CJPC (919) 943-5953 NC-NAACP, HK ON J COALITION, NC COALITION FOR A MORATORIUM AND OTHERS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PASS LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO COMBAT RACISM WITHOUT ANY UNDERMINING AMENDMENTS RALEIGH, NC ? Today the Historic Thousands on Jones Street Coalition and the NC Coalition for a Moratorium - with support from recently polled voters?called on North Carolina legislators to pass a clean version of the NC Racial Justice Act, free of amendments that would restart executions before the courts can sort out important legal questions.?Any attempt by legislators to use the Racial Justice Act?a bill that simply allows defendants facing the death penalty to present evidence of racial bias in their cases?as a pretext to restart executions, is unconscionable,? said NC-NAACP President Rev...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).