Two months after her fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has a North Carolina crime bill named after her. At the time of the stabbing, Brown was on pre-trial release after being charged with misusing the 911 line, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Last week, Chief Justice Paul Newby announced a Pretrial Release Task Force to evaluate current practices. In an otherwise fairly bipartisan bill in response to the stabbing, Senate Democrats objected to the death penalty provision. If North Carolina had to choose another form of execution, the electric chair or firing squad are hardly less cruel than lethal injection, he said.