The Governor of North Carolina signs the law of Iryna despite criticisms of the republican bill

The Governor of North Carolina, Josh Stein, signed on Friday “Iryna’s law”, which increases checks on criminals that came out on surety and prohibit the surety without cash for certain violent crimes and most of the recurrences following the death of a Ukrainian stab wound in a charlotte light-rail train in August.

Stein, a Democrat, said that he did not like all parts of the bill which was adopted by the legislature of the state controlled by the Republican, who also seeks to restart the executions in North Carolina, but he signed it because he “alerts the judiciary to determine their special aspect”.

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was killed on August 22, and Décarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., who had been arrested more than a dozen times, including an accusation of armed robbery for which he served five years in prison before the fatal train, was accused of first degree murder.

He was recently released in January for offense.

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North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed a law on Friday that increases checks on criminals that came out on bail after the murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a train in August. (AP photo / Chris Seward, file)

“Finally, we withdraw dangerous criminals from our streets so that we can make sure that no one else suffers from the sorrow that Iyna Zarutska’s family has endured,” said Charlotte republican press release.

The Republicans, including President Donald Trump, blamed Zarutska’s death against the Democrats, accusing them of being sweet for crime.

“The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer’s knife, and now her blood is in the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in prison, including the former disgrace governor and the budding senator ” Roy Cooper,” wrote Trump on Trum social after the attack.

The violent stab wounds aroused indignation, in particular after the release of the security video showing that the attack was released.

“We can and must do more to ensure people’s safety,” said Stein in a video Published on social networks Friday. “When I review the public security legislation that comes to my office, I use a simple test: does that make people safer?”

He said that the “Iryna law” alerts the judiciary to take a particular look at who could justify a “unusual” risk of violence before determining their surety.

A memorial dedicated to Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, after her death. (Peter Zay / Anadolu via Getty Images)

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“It’s a good thing and why I signed it.”

But, he said that he had criticisms of the law, in particular that he focuses more on the ability of a defendant to deposit a deposit rather than on the threat they represent, and “more alarming”, he added that a last minute amendment to the bill which “aims to provoke the execution of the shooting team in North Carolina. It is barbaric”.

The last execution in North Carolina took place in 2006.

He stressed that he would not authorize the shooting teams while he was governor. The bill does not specifically mention the shooting teams.

Iryna Zarutska stops as her attacker touches her. (Newsnation via the transit system in the Charlotte region)

He said he was also disturbed by the “lack of ambition or vision of the bill. It simply does not do enough to keep you safe”.

The Governor said he wanted the Legislative Assembly to adopt his full bill which would add more police officers on the street, measures to prevention of violence like keeping children outside the gangs and would try to ensure that violent or mentally ill people do not have access to firearms by verifying history.

Reservation photo of Dejarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., taken on August 28, 2025, a few days after the fatal train of Ukrainian refugee stab wounds Iryna Zarutska. (Bureau of the Sheriff of the County of Mecklenburg (MCSO))

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The “Iryna law” prohibits the surety without species for certain violent crimes and for most recurrences; He limits the magistrates and the judges of the discretionary power in the decision -making decisions; Allows the chief judge to suspend magistrates and forces more defendants to undergo mental health assessments.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.