nochitlins
08-13-2010, 11:54 AM
Here's a link for the full article with pics. Article lists the infractions these two jigs have committed while on death row.
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/aug/12/catawba-county-death-row-duo-cry-racism/news/
Two men convicted of a pair 1991 murders in Catawba County and sentenced to die for their crimes have filed to be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nathan Bowie, 39, and his uncle William Bowie, 47, were among 119 inmates – both black and white – who filed to have their death sentences reversed under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act signed into law on Aug. 6, 2009.
The law gave the state's death row inmates until Tuesday to appeal their convictions. If they can prove that race "was a significant factor" in seeking or imposing the death sentence, the inmate will be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nathan and William Bowie are claiming that they were sentenced to death because of their race.
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2010/aug/12/catawba-county-death-row-duo-cry-racism/news/
Two men convicted of a pair 1991 murders in Catawba County and sentenced to die for their crimes have filed to be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nathan Bowie, 39, and his uncle William Bowie, 47, were among 119 inmates – both black and white – who filed to have their death sentences reversed under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act signed into law on Aug. 6, 2009.
The law gave the state's death row inmates until Tuesday to appeal their convictions. If they can prove that race "was a significant factor" in seeking or imposing the death sentence, the inmate will be resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nathan and William Bowie are claiming that they were sentenced to death because of their race.