First Ruling Under the Racial Justice Act

Published for NC Criminal Law on April 24, 2012.

Last Friday, Cumberland County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks issued the first merits ruling on a claim under the Racial Justice Act (“RJA”), G.S. 15A-2010 et seq. Judge Weeks’ order, which vacates the death sentence previously imposed on Marcus Robinson, is here. It’s 168 pages long, so I suspect most people haven’t read ... Read more

The post First Ruling Under the Racial Justice Act appeared first on North Carolina Criminal Law.