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Tell NC's Governor Racism Is Bad |
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June 13, 2013
Debbie Biesack and the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, two of PFADP's national board members, and I are among the nearly 400 people who have been arrested recently and spent the night in jail over, in part, the repeal of the NC Racial Justice Act. The Forward Together movement continues to grow, but we need you to speak up right now.
The first bill to repeal the RJA was introduced on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination. Yesterday the NC Senate finalized the repeal of the RJA – on the 50th anniversary of Medgar Evers' assassination.
The bill now heads to NC Gov. Pat McCrory's desk. He could sign it any time.
Don't let him sign it without letting him know how you feel.
It doesn't matter where you live. Tell the governor that to repeal the Racial Justice Act is to say he does not care about racism. Tell him that will be his legacy. He doesn't have to stand with those who would insult the legacies of national treasures like Dr. King and Mr. Evers.
Click here to send your message. Then ask your friends to do the same.
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June 6, 2013
Yesterday the NC House repealed the Racial Justice Act. By now you know how important the Racial Justice Act was both symbolically, North Carolina acknowledging its history of racial bias, and practically, undoing the damage of that same racial bias in the cases of scores of people living on death row.
Let us not be discouraged. No campaign for justice travels a smooth road. Undoing four centuries of government executions is not easy.
If you live in North Carolina, take a moment to tell your state representative what you think. We have something drafted for you here. Then…
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North Carolina Repeals Law Allowing Racial Bias Claim in Death Penalty Challenges |
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June 5, 2013
By Kim Severson
The New York Times
A law that allowed death-row inmates to challenge their sentences based on racial bias claims was repealed by the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday, paving the way for executions to resume in a state that has 152 people on death row.
The law, the only one of its kind in the country, allowed inmates to use state and county statistics and other material to claim that race played a role in their sentencing. Since the law took effect in 2009, nearly everyone facing execution — not all of them black — has used it in hopes of reducing sentences to life in prison.
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North Carolinians: Keep Working for Justice |
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May 22, 2013
The bill to restart executions and repeal the NC Racial Justice Act was taken up by the NC House Judiciary Subcommittee B this morning.
The committee did not vote on the bill, Senate Bill 306, but instead allowed time for public comment and debate. A follow-up hearing on the bill has not yet been scheduled.
The NC Senate has already passed this morally indefensible bill. If you live in North Carolina, we encourage you to continue to urge your representative to vote against Senate Bill 306.
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ALERT: RJA Repeal Moves to NC House Floor |
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May 29, 2013
This morning, the NC House Judiciary Subcommittee B voted 9 - 4 in support of repealing the NC Racial Justice Act and restarting executions in North Carolina.
The bill, Senate Bill 306, now moves to the NC House floor, potentially as early as tomorrow.
If you live in North Carolina, please continue to contact your representative and encourage him or her to support the Racial Justice Act.
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The Time Has Come – ALERT |
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May 17, 2013
The bill to repeal the NC Racial Justice Act and restart executions in North Carolina is back in play.
If you live in NC, PFADP encourages you to:
(1) Contact your state representative.
(2) Prayerfully consider joining some PFADP staff and board members this Monday at the NC NAACP's Moral Mondays campaign protest to express your support for the Racial Justice Act. More than 100 people have acted in conscience as individuals and conducted civil disobedience there over the past month. This will continue on Monday, with some from PFADP participating, but all concerned people are asked to attend and show their support for the Racial Justice Act. See details below.
(3) Make a commitment to support PFADP's work with a donation now.
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