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[COPY] Senator Brad Overcash on Iryna’s Law: North Carolina Draws the Line on Crime
From repeat offenders to rogue counties, Overcash says Iryna’s Law is about restoring justice in North Carolina.
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Last week, North Carolina Republican Senator Brad Overcash came on the podcast to discuss the passage of Iryna’s Law—a long-overdue piece of legislation addressing our state’s spiraling crime problem.
The senator didn’t mince words, and neither should we: North Carolinians have had enough of revolving-door justice, failed “equity” experiments, and violent repeat offenders terrorizing our communities.
Senator Overcash says, at its core, Iryna’s Law does two things:
Restarts the death penalty in North Carolina - closes the endless loopholes that have stalled executions for decades. If lethal injection isn’t available, the Department of Adult Corrections has 120 days to find another method—no excuses, no indefinite delays.
Overturns the failed “Task Force for Racial Equity in the Judicial System” - Roy Cooper’s DEI creation that effectively encouraged rogue counties to weaken prosecution standards and release dangerous criminals under the banner of “equity.”
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The need for the new safeguards isn’t theoretical—it’s life and death.
The law is named after 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a recent Ukrainian immigrant brutally murdered by a man who had been arrested 14 times.
Fourteen times! That statistic should haunt every law-abiding citizen.
As Sloan emphasized, this wasn’t an isolated failure. Cities like Charlotte and Durham have become infamous for putting ideology above safety, allowing criminals to cycle in and out of jail until tragedy strikes.
What’s more disturbing is how some elected officials responded.
Not a single Democrat in the Senate voted for the bill. Eight of them actually fled the chamber when an amendment was introduced to restore the death penalty. Meanwhile, families like Iryna’s are left shattered.
The disconnect is staggering.
Senator Overcash was blunt: law enforcement is not the problem. Officers are arresting these offenders again and again.
The problem is what happens after—cashless bail, lenient judges, and political cowardice. As he put it, “It was time, and probably past time, to take a stand.”
Iryna’s Law is more than legislation—it’s a line in the sand. After years of soft-on-crime policies, North Carolina is saying, “enough is enough.”
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