CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The community continues to question how Decarlos Brown, accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on the LYNX Blue Line light rail, was released into the community after a lengthy criminal rap sheet.

President Trump called out Charlotte officials on Truth Social, claiming brown was released on “cashless bail” in January, even though he had a lengthy criminal history.

We are breaking down the North Carolina bail system and what judges are allowed to do. • Attorney Gary Mauney • North Carolina Law

“We do not have a cashless bail system in North Carolina; we do have a law that will permit the release of a defendant without paying cash so long as they have agreed to one of the other conditions that the statute sets forth,” Mauney said.

So, while North Carolina has a

See Full Page