Josh Stein on Crime

	Josh Stein on Crime

Protecting the people of this state has to be job one

Stein proposed a comprehensive package to make North Carolina communities safer. The package includes measures to combat drugs, support law enforcement officers, protect kids, test sexual assault kits, improve public safety, and fight fraud. "Protecting the people of this state has to be job one," said Stein. "I'm fighting to keep people safe from violent crime, drugs, and fraud, and I'll always do everything in my power to hold criminals accountable." Source: NC Attorney General Press Release, "Prevent Discrimination" , May 1, 2023

Allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases

SB 416 Death Penalty Discrimination

Legislative summary:Veto Override Passed House (72-48); Josh Stein voted NO.

Highlights:

Specifies that the use of statistical evidence alone is insufficient to establish that race was a significant factor in seeking or imposing the death penalty
Limits statistical evidence to statistics derived from the county or prosecutorial district where the defendant was sentenced, whereas existing law authorizes the use of statistical evidence from the judicial division and the state in addition to the county and prosecutorial district
Limits the time from which evidence may be used to find that race was a significant factor in seeking or imposing the death penalty to 10 years before the offense was committed and 2 years after a sentence is imposed, whereas existing law does not provide a time limit

Source: VoteSmart synopsis: North Carolina voting record SB416 , Jul 2, 2012

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