Victory! Let's All Thank NC's Gov

PFADP Executive Director speaks at Ebenezer Baptist Church while Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist, and Delbert Tibbs, death row exoneree, look on.

PFADP Executive Director Stephen Dear speaks at Ebenezer Baptist Church while Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer, and Delbert Tibbs, death row exoneree, look on. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

College students sign PFADP’s national petition for repeal. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

Rabbi Raachel Jurovics speaks at a PFADP press conference in the NC General Assembly surrounded by clergy and legislators from across North Carolina in support of the NC Racial Justice Act. May 2010 (Photo by S Bass © PFADP)

Bruce Springsteen in his dressing room meeting with PFADP Executive Director Stephen Dear before a concert.

Local clergy join PFADP at a press conference for the NC Racial Justice Act in Oxford, NC. (Photo by J Amgott © PFADP)

Pastors speak at PFADP press conference for NC Racial Justice Act in Winterville, NC. March 2011 (Photo by A Lattanzio © PFADP)

PFADP Vice President the Rev. Stacy Rector along with other board members and allies setting priorities during a recent planning retreat. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

This is the mission of PFADP: To educate and mobilize faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. (Photo by S Dear © PFADP)

Sr. Helen Prejean, chair of PFADP’s Kairos Campaign, confers with Rabbi David Saperstein, director and counsel of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, at PFADP’s Kairos Conference 2010 in Atlanta. (Photo by S Langley © PFADP)

PFADP and NAACP leaders gathered in prayer after a press conference. Death row exoneree Shabaka Waklimi wears a T-shirt showing his solidarity with Troy Davis, who was executed by the state of Georgia in September 2011. (Photo by A Lattanzio © PFADP)

Victory! Let's All Thank NC's Gov

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December 14, 2011

Congratulations! This morning NC Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed NC Senate Bill 9, the bill that repeals the NC Racial Justice Act.

NC legislative leaders called a special session right after Thanksgiving to pass S9, which repealed the RJA. Gov. Perdue today stood firm in rejecting this affront to justice. The legislature is expected to come back into session in early January to vote on the governor’s repeal.

Please take a moment right now for these two important actions:

Click here to give a sustaining donation to PFADP to help us continue to do justice and help empower you to act.
Click here to send a brief note of thanks to Gov. Perdue for her vetoing the repeal of the Racial Justice Act. We have one drafted for you.

Only 23% of voters in North Carolina oppose the RJA, according to a recent poll from Public Policy Polling. Newspapers across the state ran editorials calling on the governor to veto the bill.

Thank you for all you have done over the years to build support for passage of the RJA, and to oppose its repeal.

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