NC Supreme Court Repeals Racial Justice Act For Death Row Inmates
In 2020, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the state's 2013 legislative repeal of the 2009 Racial Justice Act (RJA) could not be applied retroactively to death row inmates who had already filed claims, restoring rights for approximately 140 prisoners to challenge their sentences due to racial bias. The court found that applying the repeal retroactively violated state and federal constitutions.
