From the New York Post,
‘Iryna’s Law’ takes aim at cashless bail in NC after Ukrainian refugee was butchered on train.
You have all seen the horrific photos and the footage from the Charlotte light rail as Iryna was murdered by that career criminal.
To paraphrase Milton Friedman, the key to lasting progress is creating the environment where the wrong people will feel compelled to do the correct thing. After being noncommittal for a long time, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed the bill into law yesterday.
Stein, a Democrat, has said he doesn’t like every part of the bill that was passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature, which also looks to restart executions in North Carolina, but he signed it because it “alerts the judiciary to take a special look at people who may pose unusual risks of violence before determining their bail. That’s a good thing.”
As the Post reports,
“Iryna’s Law” prohibits cashless bail for some violent crimes and for most repeat offenders; it limits the discretion magistrates and judges have in making pretrial release decisions; allows for the state chief justice to suspend magistrates and requires more defendants to undergo mental health evaluations.
Speaking of which, Iryna’s accused killer, DeCarlos Brown, Jr., has been in an area hospital undergoing a mental health evaluation, in a process that could take months,
The results of Brown’s initial evaluation could be many weeks away. During the most recent fiscal quarter, the average time for a forensic evaluation to be completed at Central Regional Hospital was 69 days from the time of request, according to DHHS data provided to NC Health News.
Justice, they call it.
