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NORTH CAROLINA - The Democratic governor of North Carolina finally took action following the brutal killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska as she traveled on a train in the state.
Zarutska, 23, was murdered in Charlotte on August 22 after being stabbed in the neck. Career criminal Decarlos Brown is accused of killing her in the frenzied attack.
On Friday, Governor Josh Stein signed into law a criminal justice measure in direct response to the horrific stabbing of Iryna, naming it 'Iryna's Law' in her memory.
It will increase checks on criminals being let out on bail, brings an end to cashless bail for some violent crimes and most repeat offenders.
It also limits the discretion magistrates and judges have in making pretrial release decisions, gives the state chief justice the ability to suspend magistrates and seeks to ensure more defendants undergo mental health evaluations.
Republicans in the state and even President Donald Trump had blamed the death of Zarutska on Democrats and their soft on crime policies. The outrage intensified with the release of security video showing the attack.
Brown, 34, was well-known to law enforcement having spent most of his life in and out of prison on a litany of offences.
He was charged with misusing 911 in January, when he told cops he believed someone had given him a 'man-made' material that controlled his actions.
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