CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- In the wake of growing outrage over the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, North Carolina's Chief District Court Judge Roy Wiggins has responded to a formal call from GOP lawmakers demanding action.

All 10 Republican members of North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation signed a letter this week calling for the removal of Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who released the accused, Decarlos Brown, earlier this year.

Despite Brown’s long criminal history, including at least 14 prior arrests for violent and weapons-related offenses, he was released in January on a written promise to appear in court.

“I, along with everyone in the court system, remain saddened by the death of Ms. Zarutska and shocked by this heinous crime,” Judge Wigg

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