CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - This year’s murder trials in Mecklenburg County date back to 2020, a testament to the ongoing uphill climb facing the district attorney’s office to clear a massive backlog.

Iryna’s Law, just passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in response to the August murder of a Ukrainian refugee on the Charlotte light rail, includes a provision that could help change that: funding for more assistant district attorneys.

WBTV Investigates has reported on the county’s murder backlog and its many causes for years, with families telling WBTV in 2024 that they had waited through a pandemic for movement on their cases.

Charlotte families of murdered victims wait years on backlogged system for justice

Now, the addition of 10 new prosecutors and five victim witness assi

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