Will NC legislature soon repeal its groundbreaking Racial Justice Act?

The question in the title of this post is prompted by this local report from North Carolina, which is headlined "Senate may void North Carolina's racial bias law."  Here is how the piece starts:

All but three of North Carolina's 157 death row inmates are waiting for their day in court to argue that racial bias played a role in their case. But the law that gives them hope is on shaky ground.

State lawmakers are scheduled to congregate in Raleigh tonight for the start of a three-day session that could result in the gutting of the historic Racial Justice Act.

Prosecutors made a push several weeks ago for a major tweaking of the 2-year-old law before any inmate awaiting execution has an opportunity to be heard in court.  Public defenders responded with pleas of their own: Give the law a chance, they said.  Let one case go all the way through the court system before giving up on a process being watched by legal scholars across the country.

The public back-and-forth between prosecutors and defense attorneys has resulted in a flurry of letters to influential legislators and accusations that some district attorneys are using misleading fear-mongering tactics to make their case.

A Senate judiciary committee is set to take up the topic in the Legislative Office Building on Monday afternoon.  That could lead to a full vote in the Senate this week.  The House has already voted to pull the teeth from the law.

Some older and newer related posts on the North Carolina Racial Justice Act: 

• Robust legislative debate over NC Racial Justice Act
• NC Racial Justice Act going to governor's desk
• NC Gov signs new racial justice act concerning capital prosecutions
• Will NC's new Racial Justice Act effectively kill the state's death penalty?
• New research suggests race of victim impacts NC death penalty administration
• NC defender officer urging that racial bias claims be brought in every capital case
• NC prosecutors bring complaints about state's Racial Justice Act to court
• State judge refuses to overturn Racial Justice Act in North Carolina
• Upcoming MSU symposium to examine North Carolina Racial Justice Act
• Talk of profound changes to North Carolina's potent Racial Justice Act
• North Carolina DAs urge state legislature to repeal Racial Justice Act