North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger said in a joint press conference Thursday in Raleigh that they're working on legislation to limit cashless bail and bring back the death penalty.

Decarlos Brown Jr has been arrested for the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in North Carolina in August.

Finding a route to reactivating the death penalty and tighter oversight of magistrates is expected in legislative proposals when the North Carolina General Assembly returns the week of Sept. 22.

The stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train has ignited a political blame game as Republicans and Democrats each seek to accuse the other side of sharing responsibility for her death.

The status of the death penalty in North Carolina could receive renewed attention after President Trump called for the suspect in the Charlotte light rail stabbing to receive a death sentence.

As public outrage grew over last month’s killing on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles focused her initial statement on addressing mental health issues, warning that “we will never arrest our way”