Northam’s Second Report On Systemic Bias Released

“Our Commonwealth remains focused on acknowledging and righting the wrongs of our past.”and with those words Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recommitted to addressing the legacy of structural racism in Virginia’s laws. Northam’s Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in the Law on Wednesday issued its second report outlining policy recommendations to confront the impacts of discriminatory laws. The Commission’s recommendations play a key role in the formation of Governor Northam’s current legislative agenda,including automatically restoring voting rights of people with felony convictions, legalize adult use of Marijuana, abolish the death penalty and investments in the education infrastructure and ownership rights of heirs property. Northam established the Commission to