BREAKING NEWS: North Carolina House Approves «Iryna Law» to End Cashless Bail, Preventing Release of Violent Offenders and Closing Loopholes
The North Carolina legislature has unanimously passed House Bill 307, dubbed the Iryna Law. This reform eliminates the controversial cashless bail for serious offenses, mandates GPS monitoring, and expedites appeals in death penalty cases, effectively closing loopholes that enable recidivism.
The approval, with an overwhelming 82-30 vote in the House and 28-8 in the Senate, renders the law veto-proof, leaving Governor Josh Stein with no viable means to obstruct it.
The catalyst for this victory is the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled Russia’s 2022 invasion seeking safety in the United States.
On August 22, Zarutska was fatally stabbed in an unprovoked attack at the East/West Boulevard station of the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte.
Security footage, widely circulated on social media, depicts the suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., with over a dozen prior arrests, repeatedly released without bail by magistrates under progressive policies.
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Brown, who had been freed without bond on a minor charge months earlier, now faces federal and state first-degree murder charges.
Republicans, including House Speaker Destin Hall, have condemned local governments like Charlotte and Mecklenburg for «losing institutional control» due to soft reforms pushed by Democrats, which prioritize «woke agendas» over public safety.
The law establishes new categories of violent crimes requiring secured bail, mandates mental health evaluations for repeat offenders, and introduces an aggravating factor for public transportation crimes. It also brings significant reforms to the justice system, with key provisions:
- Elimination of cashless bail: Prohibits release without bail for serious crimes, ensuring violent offenders remain detained until trial and closing recidivism loopholes.
- Mandatory GPS monitoring: Requires tracking devices for certain bail-released defendants, enhancing oversight of potential repeat offenders.
- Mandatory mental evaluations: Orders psychiatric assessments for repeat offenders to identify violent behavior risks.
- Aggravating factor for public transit crimes: Imposes harsher penalties for offenses on public transportation, such as Zarutska’s murder on the Charlotte light rail.
- Expanded execution methods: An amendment includes firing squads, electrocutions, nitrogen gas, and lethal injection as execution options for death penalty cases.
- Accelerated death penalty case reviews: Mandates courts to review North Carolina’s 122 death row cases by December 2027, streamlining judicial processes.
- Veto-proof majority: Passed with 82-30 in the House and 28-8 in the Senate, the law is immune to Governor Josh Stein’s veto, ensuring its implementation.
The Iryna Law aims to bolster public safety, prevent the release of violent criminals, and ensure swift justice for victims like Zarutska.
Despite Democratic opposition, this legislation represents a decisive rejection of the left’s failed «restorative justice» experiment, which allowed predators like Brown—arrested 13 times—to roam free.
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