No one will actually get relief under the act because actual racial discrimination has been illegal for decades and those with actual evidence that they have been discriminated against have been able to present those claims in court without this act. It is shameful that 61 House Democrats and 28 Senate Democrats voted for this unjust law.
On January 7, 2010, Rep. Stam responded to an article published by the News & Observer entitled, “Study: End death cases, save money” which reported on research conducted by Duke University Economist Philip Cook. Cook attempts to show that money can be saved by the state if the death penalty is not an option for punishment.
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On July 15, 2009 61 House Democrats voted for the “NC Racial Justice Act” SB461. Federal and State law already prohibit racial discrimination in imposing death sentence for first degree murder (and any crime). This bill goes far beyond that by allowing use of statistics in a particular county or district to prove that since [...]
