RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Iryna's Law is now headed to the governor's desk.

State Republican lawmakers pushed the tough on crime bill after the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train last month.

CBS 17 spoke with Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman at her offices at the justice center in Raleigh on Wednesday.

"There are some good things in this bill that I think will help in some ways," Freeman said. "Would it have prevented what happened there in Charlotte? Personally, I don't think so.

The bill, in part, takes away the "cashless bail" option for many offenses.

"I think we will certainly see the jail population go up," Freeman said. "It's hard to know at this point to what degree they go up. I think a lot of the people that this bill covers, certainly in a jurisd

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