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North Carolina Racial Justic Act

By "Persian Cowboy"

The Racial Justice ActThe NC Racial Justice Act was signed into law on August 11, 2009. The Act allows defendants facing the death penalty to present evidence of racial bias, including statistics, in court. Anyone on death row who files a claim must do so by August 10. If a death row inmate proves discrimination at the time of his charging or sentencing, he will be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Act was passed after the wrongful convictions and subsequent recent exonerations of three black defendants. One of the exonerees was sentenced by an all-white jury and the other two had only one black juror on each of their juries. In all three cases, at least one of the victims was white. Five Death Row Inmates File MotionsOn August 3, 2010, five of the first death row defendants filed their motions in superiorcourt in the counties where they were tried...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).