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North Carolina lawmakers passed a bill named "Iryna’s Law" in their effort to eliminate cashless bail in the wake of the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte last month.

Iryna Zarutska was allegedly killed by suspect Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. on a light rail train on Aug. 22 in what investigators described as a random act of violence. He has been charged with first-degree murder.

"Iryna’s Law" calls to "eliminate the condition to release a defendant on a written promise to appear," to "provide for a new procedure to have defendants with suspected mental health issues to be evaluated for involuntary commitment," and to "modify the laws related to pretrial release to provide stricter guidelines for defendants c

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