The perennial death penalty moratorium bill appeared on a House committee calendar this morning.
It looked as if lawmakers were trying a last-minute effort to get the bill past the crossover deadline.
The bill would suspend executions in North Carolina while lawmakers evaluate possible changes to the capital punishment system. But the bill never came up for discussion in committee.
That didn't bother the bill's sponsor, Rep. Paul Luebke, a Durham Democrat. He had already changed the bill to include some funding for a study of the costs of the state's death penalty system, which would mean the bill doesn't have to meet today's crossover deadline.
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