NC Senate GOP approves bill named for Charlotte train murder victim Iryna Zarutska that takes aim at cashless bail

Chris Nesi
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:27:40 -0400

North Carolina Senate Republicans have passed Iryna's Law in honor of the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee brutally murdered on a Charlotte light rail train last month, which proposes removing cashless bail for violent offenders among other changes to the state's criminal justice system.