The fatal stabbing on a Charlotte light-rail train last month has prompted calls for the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina. North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger said Thursday he wants ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Governor Josh Stein on Friday, Oct. 3, signed House Bill 307, also known as ‘Iryna’s Law,’ following the death of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed on ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The tragic death of one young woman in Charlotte has led to major changes in North Carolina’s criminal justice system. Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, died ...