Here are good reasons North Carolina should do the same.
Published: Saturday, April 17th, 2021 @ 8:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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May I introduce you to some of the first-degree murderers who had their death sentences indefinitely postponed by our state Supreme Court on June 5.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 2:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Friday, the extremist leftwing majority on North Carolina Supreme Court continued their habit of legislating from the bench and quietly released a series of radical opinions changing existing laws.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 6:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Four convicted murderers were back in court on Thursday in Fayetteville. They were put back on death row in December 2015 after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled their case regarding the Racial Justice Act would go back to the lower courts to be heard again
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's Supreme Court justices heard two oral arguments several weeks ago about two separate Racial Justice Act cases.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 11:56 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The year 2013 saw the greatest changes in state government in the past fifty years.
Published: Thursday, December 26th, 2013 @ 12:04 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Capital punishment - or the death penalty - originates from the Latin word capitalis, which literally translates to "regarding the head," referencing how capital crimes were originally punished by the severing of the head.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For good reason, the Racial Justice Act (RJA) was recently repealed by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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News flash from the Left: The new legislative leadership is rolling back years of laws made under the old leadership.This is a surprise? Were these folks not paying attention during the election when conservatives promised smaller government with lower taxes, more accountability and...
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 6:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is hardly surprising Republicans in Raleigh have been busy over the past few months. This is the first time in over a century the party has controlled...
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Families know the fight and closure are long from over, but they are relieved the Racial Justice Act will be no more.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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McClatchy, WRAL and the rest of the legacy media are trying to tell us that this "Moral Monday" stuff is a homegrown, spontaneous grassroots movement.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Recently, I've been subjected to some insinuations that my Christianity and my conservatism are in question because I dare to raise questions about the leadership of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 5:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I know we call ourselves "daily," but we're only human. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. The staff and I did just that for the Memorial Day weekend.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 11:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The death penalty is always a hot topic in any discussion, but is HB 722 another back-door attempt to do away with the death penalty without addressing the issue itself?
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 8:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A resolution is not a bill. A bill introduced is not a bill enacted. And a bill enacted is not necessarily a major policy change that will affect the everyday lives of North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are quite a few cases where the new GOP administration in Raleigh has given me heartburn. But the fact that they are standing strong against the lefties and their identity politics games is encouraging.
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Senate Committee on Judiciary I is meeting this morning about SB 306. SB 306 would repeal the Racial Justice Act and lift the moratorium on the Death Penalty here in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 10:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Chapel Hill is known mainly for two things: (1) Great basketball and (2) loony-tunes lefty nuttiness. Basketball is down a little bit this year.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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While the state House leadership is talking about watering stuff down, slowing things down, appeasing the Democrats to "get stuff done,"
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 11:07 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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One part of the legislation will repeal the Racial Justice Act, which many believe was a back-door tactic to get rid of the death penalty.
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2013 @ 9:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Pat and his troops are headed to battle stations over the bill passed by the state Senate which blocks ObamaCare-related Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 @ 2:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor's office are working in tandem.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 11:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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During the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, Senator Floyd McKissick(D) from Durham County introduced the Racial Justice Act SB461. The act provides a process by which statistical evidence could be used to establish that race was the basis for seeking or obtaining the death penalty in any case.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three more violent criminals escaped death row today -- thanks to a radically leftist Superior Court judge and a "gift" that keeps on giving from the NC General Assembly called The Racial Justice Act.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 8:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The closing arguments in North Carolina's initial Racial Justice Act (RJA) concluded a few weeks ago in Fayetteville, and the public will be waiting for another one or two months for the ruling.
Published: Tuesday, November 27th, 2012 @ 9:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The closing arguments in North Carolina's initial Racial Justice Act (RJA) concluded a few weeks ago in Fayetteville, and the public will be waiting for another one or two months for the ruling.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 12:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Once again, we got treated to a double-header of televised political brilliance.
Published: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 @ 10:09 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On Tuesday evening, the second presidential debate of 2012 put President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney in a town hall-style forum moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race for N.C. House District 9 features a Republican newcomer to politics against an incumbent Democrat in a district where the political dynamics have been altered by redistricting.
Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2012 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The candidates for the District 1 seat in the North Carolina Senate agree on two key transportation issues that have dominated coastal Carolina headlines, but that's where the common ground ends.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2012 short session has come to a close, marking a dramatic shift from legislative bienniums of the past, both in length and accomplishments.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 8:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In 2009, the NC General Assembly passed S.L. 2009-464, also known as the Racial Justice Act. The law provided that in capital cases defendants could use statistical evidence to prove racial bias in their case.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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For the activists who have fought for years to abolish North Carolina's death penalty, the just-completed short session was a crushing disappointment.
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2012 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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