In the News
Editorial - Racial Justice Act Helps Ensure Fairness in Imposing the Death Penalty
The Wilmington Star News, March 15, 2013
Cited: MSU Law Racial Justice Act Study (conducted by Professors Catherine Grosso and Barbara O'Brien)
A Test of Racial Justice
The New York Times, June 17, 2012
Cited: MSU Law Racial Justice Act Study (conducted by Professors Catherine Grosso and Barbara O'Brien)
Race and Capital Punishment: The Fair-Minded Need Not Apply
The Economist, April 25, 2012
Consider this Verdict ... Or Maybe Not, After All
TimesUnion.com, April 24, 2012
N.C. Man No Longer Faces Death After Judge Invokes 'Racial Justice Act'
CNN, April 21, 2012
Racial Justice Act Spares 1st Inmate from Death Sentence
The News & Observer, April 21, 2012
Justice Under North Carolina’s Racial Bias Law (editorial)
New York Times, April 20, 2012
Judge: Race 'Significantly' Influenced Inmate's Murder Trial (videos included)
WRAL.com, April 20, 2012
North Carolina Judge Vacates Death Penalty Under Racial Justice Law
Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2012
GOP Will Continue to Fight Racial Justice Act, Leaders Vow
The News & Observer, April 20, 2012)
In First Test For Racial Justice Act, Judge Commutes Man's Death Sentence
NPR, April 20, 2012
Racial Bias Saves Death Row Man
BBC, April 20, 2012
Bias Law Used to Move a Man Off Death Row
New York Times, April 20, 2012
NC Judge Tosses Death Sentence Because Race Played Role in 1st Test of Racial Justice Law
Washington Post, April 20, 2012
State’s Racial Bias Law Leads Judge to Overturn Death Sentence
Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2012
A Case for Statistics and a Victory for Justice
Huffington Post, April 20, 2012
Judge Sides with Inmate in Racial Justice Act Ruling
Miami Herald, April 20, 2012
Legal Events to Watch This Week
Wall Street Journal blog, April 16, 2012
NC Death Penalty Study Author Meets House Members
WRAL.com, March 27, 2012
Author of NC Death Penalty Study Says Race is Significant Factor as Prosecutors Decide Juries
The Republic, March 27, 2012
Death Penalty Study Author Meets House Members
Rocky Mount Telegram, March 27, 2012
Death Row Inmate Tests North Carolina's Racial Justice Act
Los Angeles Times, February 29, 2012
What, Exactly, Does NC’s ‘Racial Justice Act’ Mean? We’ll Know Soon
Wall Street Journal (blog), February 16, 2012
Death-Penalty Racial Law Is Tested
Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2012
Editorial: Race and Death Penalty Juries
The New York Times, February 5, 2012
Researcher Testifies Statistics Point to Bias in Racial Justice Act Hearing
Fayetteville Observer, February 2, 2012
Racial Bias Case Begins in Cumberland Co.
Charlotte Observer, January 30, 2012
Catherine Grosso
Barbara O'Brien