GOP does injustice to Justice Act

It is a grave wrong to let anyone die because of who they are, instead of what they did.

But does this make a difference to the GOP majority in the NC General Assembly?

Apparently not.

This law--the Racial Justice Act, which the Republican-led state Senate defanged this week--is a two-year-old law that allowed death-row inmates to use statistical evidence of racial bias to challenge their sentences-- is not about letting anyone out of jail or even stopping the death penalty. It is simply making sure the punishment for a capital crime is set against the particulars of the crime, not the person, be he or she the victim or the assailant.

Pro-life is a concept worthy of its name only when it is applied with equal vigor at the end of life as it is at the beginning.

Charles Malone