Getting the phone call that Sen. Tom Goolsby (R-Wilmington) was going to announce a bill pertaining to the Death Penalty and the Racial Justice Act made my heart race. I thought, “Is this really the beginning of the end?” The first thing I did was to call the Lowry and Turner families, who have been [...]
Judge Beasley to Supreme Court, Next the Appeals Court
As reported by Civitas Tuesday Governor Bev Perdue is picking Appeals Court Judge Cheri Beasley to fill an empty seat on the State Supreme Court. That seat was vacated when Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson stepped down. Now Perdue will have to pick someone to take Beasley’s place on the Appeals Court. There was specualtion she would [...]
Prosecutors Face Legal Hurdle in Racial Justice Act Hearing
(RALEIGH) – A hearing continues this week in a Cumberland County courtroom as three death row inmates use the Racial Justice Act to claim racial bias played a key role in their receiving a death sentence. The three are Christina Walters, who killed two women as a gang initiation, Tilmon Golphin, who murdered a state [...]
Reassessing the Racial Justice Act
Yesterday, SB 416, Amend Racial Justice Act, cleared a House Judiciary subcommittee on an 8-6 party line vote. This action comes off of a failed attempt to repeal the act last year, when legislators were unable to override Perdue’s veto of the repeal. The changes to the bill come relatively soon after a Cumberland county [...]
NC Democrat Party Leader Accused of Sexual Harassment Resigns
North Carolina Democratic Party executive director Jay Parmley was accused of sexual harassment by former male staff member Adriadn Ortega. Ortega left the party after the incident. Ortega has not returned calls and has blocked access to his Linkedin Network site. The Daily Caller published quotes from a chain of emails discussing the situation but didn’t name [...]
