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May 19, 2013 Subject: Dear Senator As a senator from a Southern state, with all that that location and history entails when it comes to race, please vote your conscience for the House version of the NC Racial Justice Act. The time has come for the passage of this fair sentencing reform. I ask that you vote to concur with the House version of the Racial Justice Act so that this significant reform can finally become law in NC. Because the number of capital sentences vary so widely within counties and judicial divisions, it would be difficult to establish reliable findings in every county and every division without considering data from the entire state. Statewide statistics are one piece in a larger puzzle of understanding the nature of our system. It is vital that the Senate pass the RJA with the inclusion of the use of statewide statistics. In the US Supreme Court decision on the death penalty McClesky v. Kemp, Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell invited legislatures to craft appropriate rules to ensure the death penalty is not exercised in biased ways. The House version of the RJA is a fair and balanced attempt to provide the courts with the tools to examine this issue in an impartial manner. The RJA recognizes the need to look at all the data, and permits prosecutors a fair opportunity to rebut the defendant’s statistical showing by demonstrating in their county, district or division racial discrimination has not infected decisions about whether defendants should live or die. Limiting courts to considering only the data available from specific counties or judicial divisions unnecessarily restricts access to all the information needed to make these difficult decisions.   For all of the previously mentioned reasons I ask that you vote to concur with the NC Racial Justice Act without amendments or delays. Sincerely,  We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email
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