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The head of North Carolina's NAACP said the state ought to take steps to keep prosecutors and juries from disproportionately imposing death sentences on black defendants.
The Rev. William Barber said Thursday the evidence that racial prejudice plays a role in sending innocent black men to death row became clear last year. In a six-month period ending last May, three black men who spent years on death row were released after evidence surfaced that their trials were faulty.
Legislation that passed the state Senate last week would allow an accused killer to challenge his conviction or death sentence if he can show that race played an inappropriate role. An amendment to the bill would allow executions to restart after a two-year halt.
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