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The North Carolina Legislature on Monday (7/2/12) cancelled Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto of legislation that rolled back a state law giving death row prisoners a way to seek a reduced sentence because of racial bias. The House and Senate voted separately to override Perdue's veto of changes to the 2009 Racial Justice Act. The bill now becomes law because at least 60 percent of the legislators in each chamber voted to override.