David Nathanson on Nostr: I was just talking about how states can choose to provide more protections to people ...
I was just talking about how states can choose to provide more protections to people than federal law.
North Carolina's Racial Justice Act proves it:
A "judge ruled today that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act (RJA). The court found evidence of discrimination in Bacote’s case, the cases prosecuted by ... Assistant District Attorney Greg Butler."
https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/north-carolina-judge-finds-racial-bias-in-death-penalty-in-landmark-case/
North Carolina's Racial Justice Act proves it:
A "judge ruled today that race played an impermissible role in jury selection for Hasson Bacote, a Black man who challenged his death sentence under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act (RJA). The court found evidence of discrimination in Bacote’s case, the cases prosecuted by ... Assistant District Attorney Greg Butler."
https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/north-carolina-judge-finds-racial-bias-in-death-penalty-in-landmark-case/