Archive for February 2011
The North Carolina Racial Justice Act
February 25, 2011 | 
Author House Bill 472 and Senate Bill 461, known as The North Carolina Racial Justice Act, addresses racial discrimination in capital sentencing. This video featuring death row exonoree Edward Chapman, talks about racial bias and how the Racial Justice Act attempts to assure that race would not play a role in who gets the death penalty. For more information go to www.ncmoratorium.org
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Former county building guard sues for race discrimination
A black Allegheny County building guard fired in 2004 for “unsatisfactory conduct” claims in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed today that the county didn’t hire him for a jail position in 2009 because of his race.
Published Feb 21, 2011.
Read more: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review