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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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Lawyers, victims, and family members gathered in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse last week to hear the last remaining Racial Justice Act cases
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2016 @ 5:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Despite having 152 convicted murderers on death row, North Carolina has not conducted an execution since 2006.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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"The prosecutor is a racist and the first-degree, cold-blooded killer is a victim." This two-part statement is the claim of every legal appeal under the ill-conceived Racial Justice Act (RJA).
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:55 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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For good reason, the Racial Justice Act (RJA) was recently repealed by the North Carolina General Assembly.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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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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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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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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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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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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One of the topics in Legal Reasoning was "Fallacies." I introduced it by defining a fallacy as a conclusion that while often supported by competent evidence/facts was nonetheless either untrue or contrary to the evidence/facts.
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 @ 9:35 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editor
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The General Assembly will next week debate whether to override Gov. Bev. Perdue's veto of the repeal of the Racial Justice Act (RJA).
Published: Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 @ 4:02 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Yesterday Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed SB 9 "An Act to Reform the Racial Justic Act of 2009 to be consistent with the United State Supreme Court Ruling in McClaskey v. Kemp".
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2011 @ 10:11 am
By: Bill Cook
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