Gov. Bev Perdue holds a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 to expresses her objection and anger on the Superior Court ruling that would free two convicted murderers who were sentenced in the 1970s under an old law. The state Court of Appeals stopped the release of two inmates Monday afternoon.
(AP Photo/The News & Observer, Takaaki Iwabu)