pjmedia.com By Tim O’Brien
Just over a month after Iryna Zarutska was murdered on a Charlotte light rail transit car, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 81-31 in favor of a new bill called “Iryna’s Law,” sending it to the governor’s desk. The governor can either turn it into law or veto it.
The office of Democrat Gov. Josh Stein has said the governor is reviewing the legislation — politispeak for he probably won’t sign it into law, at least in its current form.
If the governor planned to sign it, he would have commented directly on the bill’s prospects. But instead, his office issued this statement: “The governor will always do everything in his power to keep people safe.”
No mention of Iryna. No mention of what happened, or what could happen, if the bill does or does not become law. Nothing. Just the kind of vague promise he would have also made if he had purchased new traffic cones for the highway department.
The only thing Stein did commit to was saying he may support some yet-to-be-defined “pretrial reforms.” Still, given the way Democrats in the state House voted, it’s possible the House could override a governor’s veto.
Republicans drafted Iryna’s Law, which includes reinstating death penalty executions in North Carolina and the elimination of cashless bail for some offenses.
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