A new effort to restart the death penalty in North Carolina, enact stricter rules for bail and ramp up monitoring of alleged criminals with mental health problems is expected to pass the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

The bill is a response to the killing of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte last month. The 23-year-old had fled to North Carolina from war-torn Ukraine and was stabbed to death in a seemingly random attack on a commuter train. Her alleged killer is a homeless man who has since been sent for psychiatric evaluation to see if he’s mentally fit to stand trial.

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The bill and its numerous changes to state criminal laws and pretrial procedures passed the state Senate Monday in a 28-8 vote after most Democrats walked out in protest, and those who stayed be

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