NC Legislature Votes to Preserve Racial Bias

June 13, 2012 By 3 Comments

The North Carolina House of Representatives voted yesterday to approve an “amendment” to the Racial Justice Act that essentially repeals it, making it impossible for death row inmates to appeal their capital sentences as two have already done successfully in NC courts since the historic bill became law last year. Rev. William Barber, our NC [...]

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William Barber: A Victory for Racial Justice in North Carolina

April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

As a national conversation about racial justice continues around the Trayvon Martin case, an historic decision was handed down in a North Carolina court today. In the first appeal under North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act, Judge Gregory A. Weeks of Cumberland County Superior Court commuted Marcus Robinson’s death sentence to life, citing evidence of “intentional [...]

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