Iryna’s Law and a new law allowing certain people at certain K-12 schools to carry a firearm are among parts of 18 new laws in North Carolina enacted Monday.
Cashless bail for violent and repeat offenders is eliminated in the law named for the stabbing victim on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug. 22. Iryna Zarutska lost her life about four minutes after boarding when a suspect, as captured on video later released by police, seemingly unprovoked, stood and attacked her from behind. She died at the scene.
Later identified as Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect is charged with first-degree murder and has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges of violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death…