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North Carolina Racial Justice Act May Face Key Vote This Week

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"Racial justice? Bill that may be voted on this week would allow judges to throw out death penalties," by James Romoser appears in today's Winston-Salem Journal.  Here's an extended excerpt from this must-read:When Ramona Stafford's husband was murdered in Winston-Salem in 1993, she didn't care about the killer's race. She just wanted him punished to the fullest extent of the law. "This fellow was black. But our family just wanted the person that did this. We just wanted justice and punishment," Stafford said. "Race, nationality, whatever, doesn't come into play." Her husband's murderer, a defiant 21-year-old named Robbie Lyons who admitted the crime but never expressed remorse, was convicted and given the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).