Execution stalemate frustrating court
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
By Staff
RALEIGH - As they quizzed lawyers in a case that could decide whether executions will resume in North Carolina, state Supreme Court justices expressed frustration with conflicting laws put before them.
More than one justice suggested that the General Assembly could have cleaned up the matter in the past two years, rather than letting it fester. Those comments did not surprise some lawmakers, mainly Republicans, who filed legislation to end a deadlock over the death penalty.
"The legislature should not put the judicial system in the position of trying to divine the intent of the General Assembly in that type of circumstance," said Sen. Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Republican. "This is a situation where we've known for a long time it was being debated…and the General Assembly could easily have clarified what the policy-making branch of government intended." (more…)
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