Saturday, January 7, 2012

Senate overrides Perdue’s effort to ban death penalty

The North Carolina Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 4, voted to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of reforms to the Racial Justice Act that ensure death row inmates are never eligible for parole. The Racial Justice Act has served as a backdoor ban on the death penalty in North Carolina.

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