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Rewriting the Racial Justice Act

Supporters of a proposed North Carolina Senate call it a rewriting of the Racial Justice Act. Passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 2009, the Racial Justice Act sought to ensure that "no person shall be subject to or given a sentence of death or shall be executed pursuant to any judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race."
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-07-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: racial bias, racial justice act
The Grass Gapnew

People all over Chicago smoke pot—but almost everyone busted for it is black.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
07-07-2011 |
Race & Class