CHARLOTTE, NC — The death that changed Charlotte, maybe forever. More than a month after the heinous murder of Iryna Zarutska on the light rail, a bill named Iryna’s Law sits on Governor Josh Stein’s desk. Some are hoping it doesn’t get signed.

“We’re asking the governor to veto the bill because it is a reactionary, not a reformative bill,” said North Carolina NAACP President, Deborah Dicks Maxwell.

Dicks Maxwell wants to see public safety reinvented with more emphasis on mental health.

“We have to be better in North Carolina. Set an example and show that we can be fair in sentencing, fair in providing mental health services, and be just about it,” explained Dicks Maxwell

Iryna’s Law requires judges and magistrates to consider a person’s mental state before deciding bail. The bill also

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