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illustration by V.C. Rogers
Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake
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"It's going to take some time to discuss it," said Rep. H.M. "Mickey" Michaux, D-Durham, who was a co-sponsor of the bill in 2009 and currently sits on the House subcommittee to which the bill has been referred. Michaux said he would fight against the attempted repeal.
Sen. Floyd McKissick, a Durham Democrat and one of the primary sponsors of the RJA, said he also is organizing supporters and hopes to hold a news conference this week, if all goes as planned.
He called the references to the Supreme Court case a "bogus argument."
"You are, in fact, allowed to adopt standards and allow the use of statistical information as one of several factors to be considered by the court," McKissick said.
Prosecutors across the state have challenged the Racial Justice Act. In February, a Forsyth County judge heard prosecutors' complaints that the law was too broad and vague, and that it was unconstitutional to hold prosecutors responsible for patterns of racial bias statewide. Superior Court Judge William Wood ruled that the Racial Justice Act was constitutional.