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North Carolina RJA to the Test

By Steve Hall

"Forsyth cases test Racial Justice Act," is the title of Anne Blythe's report in today's News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina. The cases of two death row inmates who are seeking to have death sentences converted to life prison terms without parole made their way into a Forsyth County courtroom Thursday.The landmark cases - the first of 154 death row inmates to test the Racial Justice Act - went before Judge the day after Republicans took control of both General Assembly chambers.Their plights will be watched by politicians, legal scholars and death penalty opponents as the young law faces threats in the statehouse.Republicans in the state legislature, who for the first time in more than a century have sweeping control, have suggested repealing the Racial Justice Act...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).