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BREAKING: in @ncnaacp case, NC Supreme Court explains constitutional limits on the power of lawmakers elected under racially gerrymandered maps. @selc_org @KymHunteratlaw #ncga #ncpol #nccourts (1/?) (tweeting as I read)
I've read a few tweets that folks don't understand what the NC Supreme Court opinion about the Racial Justice Act means: I'm going to try to explain it in layman's terms on this thread #ncga #ncpol #nccourts #deathpenalty
The Racial Justice Act was a law that allowed people sentenced to death to seek life without parole instead if they could prove that racial bias was a significant factor in the decision to seek or impose the death penalty in their case #ncga #ncpol #nccourts #deathpenalty
Something like 90 percent of people on death row sought that relief at the time, and a few actually received relief (they're death sentences were vacated and they were sentenced to life without parole) #ncga #ncpol #nccourts #deathpenalty
