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Bogus Bolitics: North Carolina GOP Goons Vote To Repeal Racial Justice Act And Allow Death Row Sentencing Based On Race

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Benny Hollywood

North Carolina Lawmakers Vote To Repeal Racial Justice Act The majority Republican North Carolina House lawmakers have voted to do a way with the remaining parts of the Racial Justice Act, which provides death row inmates to contest their death sentences if they can prove that racial discrimination played a part in the sentencing. via WRAL House lawmakers have given tentative removal to repeal the remaining sections of the North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act, the 2009 law that allows death row inmates to seek to have their sentences commuted to life without parole if they can prove that racial bias played a role in their death sentence. Republican leaders repealed large portions of the law in 2012. Senate Bill 306 would repeal what’s left of the law, leaving in limbo scores of cases pending review under it. Rep. Skip Stam, R-Wake, said the RJA had become a de facto moratorium on the death penalty. “No one wants actual racial discrimination. What we don’t want also is for race to be used for a pretext – a pretext in order to stop the death penalty,” he said in Tuesday’s floor debate. “We don’t need this Racial Justice Act,” said Rep. Sarah Stevens, R-Surry. “It has created nothing but a delay in the system, a tremendous amount of cost.” While the motives of the right-wing goons are always questionable at best, this IS kind of a tricky issue. Are you in favor of the Racial Justice Act and allowing death row prisoners to get a shot at remaining alive if they can prove racial discrimination was to blame for their being sentenced to die? Shutterstock Continue reading →

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Nipple Slips Targeted By N.C. Lawmakers: Too Much "Exposure" Could Mean Felony

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

North Carolina representatives have introduced a bill that would “clarify” a state law to ban nipple slips and otherwise prohibit the baring of breasts. Women worried about showing too much of their “private area” should use pasties or even duct tape from now on… or they could be breaking the law. Basically, do not emulate any Kate Upton photos like this one. The proposed legislation, House Bill 34, would make it a Class H felony to expose “external organs of sex and of excretion, including the nipple.” The law also extends to “any portion of the areola.” Good to know. Depending on the intent, women could face up to six months in prison for an errant areola, with “more mundane” exposure resulting in a 30-day sentence. There is an exemption for breastfeeding. Rep. Rayne Brown (R), who co-sponsored the bill , tells WRAL in Raleigh that while it may seem frivolous or even funny, it can also be a serious issue. “There are communities across this state, local governments across this state, and local law enforcement for whom this issue is really not a laughing matter.” Brown said that she was prompted, in part, by Asheville’s second annual topless protest and women’s rally this past August. What went down there? According to the Asheville Citizen-Times , the event last year drew around a dozen women, who took off their shirts to “promote women’s equality.” WRAL writes that Rep. Sarah Stevens (R), who chairs the North Carolina House Judiciary Subcommittee C, downplayed the impact the bill might have. Opponents, such as Rep. Annie Mobley (D) worried that the law was sexist and that it might penalize women for wearing “questionable fashions.”

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Nipple Slips Targeted By N.C. Lawmakers: Too Much "Exposure" Could Mean Felony

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