CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Members of the Moms Ain't Playin' organization don't want Iryna Zarutska's name to be forgotten. They say the same goes for the many other victims of violence in the Charlotte area.
Their mission now is to push lawmakers to require greater cash bond — or no bonds at all — for people accused of serious offenses like murder.
They believe that's real justice.
"She was very vulnerable. She was fragile, but she was excited about being in America. She came, she got a job. She had already had ambitions on becoming a veterinarian from what they say. So she really thought that America was going to be the American dream for her," said founder of Moms Ain't Playin' Clydia Davis.
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She says she's doing her best to make sure that Zarutska's death leads to change in the criminal justice system. She's calling on other mothers of children killed in violent crimes to join her push for stricter bonds and sentencing guidelines for offenders.
"It should be no bond period, none. You murder somebody, you stay in jail," Davis said.
Davis believes that if judges and magistrates had denied bond to the suspect in Zarustka's August 22 murder, she would still be alive.
The mother's fight for higher cash bonds started six years ago after her own son's murder. North Carolina lawmakers are pledging to pass a package of "common sense policies" aimed at tackling crime.
A Ukrainian tribute. Clydia Davis."We need to keep repeat offenders in jail. We need to end cashless bond, or cashless bail. We need to hold activist judges and magistrates accountable. We must deliver justice for Iryna and the countless families across our state that have fallen victim to a justice system that does not support them and does not keep them safe," said Republican NC Senate leader Phil Berger.
Tina Sykes-Mosley says her son was murdered by suspects who were out on bond.
"Stop giving bonds to these murderers, because what is happening is they are creating a revolving door. Right now, the focus is on this beautiful young lady here, but her story is a thousand more like hers," she said.
They say their mission won't be complete until there's justice for everyone.
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