RedState reported on Wednesday on the latest developments in the Iryna Zarutska case, where we realized that the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee’s alleged killer, repeat offender DeCarlos Brown, Jr., had undergone a competency analysis at Central Regional Hospital, one of three state-run mental hospitals in North Carolina, last winter, and clinicians there reported he was “incapable to proceed” on the state homicide charge. 

We realized this via a movement filed by his protection attorney on April seventh in search of to continue a “critical stage” listening to, at present scheduled for April thirtieth, for 180 days.

While irritating, it is important to word, as we did, that a choose has yet to rule on any of this. Further, Brown stays in federal custody on the federal expenses, as the US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina famous in response to the news of the movement being filed by the protection attorney:

DeCarlos Brown is in federal custody on a federal indictment. The state proceedings, including any competency discovering in those proceedings, are fully separate. https://t.co/yomEpaUPn4

— U.S. Attorney WDNC (@USAO_WDNC) April 8, 2026

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The motive it is important to reemphasize all of this is that, sadly, in the mad crush to get this story on the market on Wednesday, a lot of misinformation unfold like wildfire on social media, including among influencers – some of whom are on “our side,” with some of the tweets with the unfinished or misguided info getting tens of 1000’s of retweets.

One of the issues falsely insinuated or outright claimed was that Brown being deemed “incapable to proceed” meant he’d never have to face trial. Obviously, the more full story, as we famous in our first story on this development and above, is that the choose hasn’t even held a listening to on the movement, let alone ruled.

And even if they do end up delaying the next listening to for six months, that still does not imply he’ll never be tried in court on the state charge. The state might decide to request treatment that probably may lead to Brown being succesful of standing trial at the state degree, but it is not one thing they’ll do while he is still being held by the feds:

The movement notes that the state might request treatment aimed at restoring Brown’s capability, but that can’t occur while he stays in federal custody. The doc says prosecutors agreed with that evaluation.

Something else put on the market that wants correcting is the suggestion that this was performed by a choose. In response, this has led many to discuss about doing a “mass impeachment” of judges.

Now, I get the frustration with activist judges. It’s a major problem in this nation, and one that in some circumstances has resulted in repeat offenders being let back on the road to victimize more harmless people. 

In fact, Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who launched DeCarlos Brown, Jr. in January 2025 based on a “written promise” to return for his next court listening to in an unrelated case, has been blamed in half by some North Carolina lawmakers at the state degree and in Congress for what occurred to Zarutska seven months later on the Charlotte gentle rail system, where she was stabbed to death on her means home from work.

Rep. Tim Moore (NC-14) was among a number of Republican NC members of Congress who called for her removing, but that has not occurred.

But in this specific occasion, a choose was not the one who did the analysis for competency. This was performed by a psychiatric hospital that particularly offers with these varieties of circumstances.

RedState Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar, who labored in North Carolina’s prison courts for practically 20 years, shared further particulars on X Thursday night time from a legal perspective relating to what truly occurred this week in the case:

Brown is dealing with both state & fed homicide expenses, and a Rule 24 listening to in the state case (where the DA publicizes whether or not they’ll pursue the death penalty or not) is scheduled for April 30.

Both the DA and protection counsel requested the choose to continue that listening to for 180 days bc Brown is in federal custody and the Rule 24 listening to, a “critical stage” listening to, cannot be performed while Brown is in federal custody.

In addition, in Dec 2025 a psychiatrist at a state mental hospital decided Brown was “incapable to proceed,” which means he’s incapable of understanding the proceedings against him or aiding in his protection – if proceedings had been to continue despite that discovering, his proper to a honest trial/due course of could be violated.

Before state proceedings can continue, Brown’s competency has to be restored, which also cannot be performed while he is in federal custody.

The NC choose hasn’t accepted the psychiatrist’s report yet or ruled on the movement to continue the Rule 24 listening to.

The info that is in this post was on the market yesterday. We wrote about it precisely in our initial write-up. But some in Influencer World didn’t, and it led to people panicking and freaking out for no motive. Respectfully, people need to do better.

I get that people should not just hungry for more info on this case, but that they’re also hungry for justice. We all are. But the details listed below are important, and influencers, commentators, writers, and anybody else accountable for informing the public have an obligation to get it proper to the best of their potential.

Doing something less shouldn’t be just a disservice to the public, it’s – most importantly – a disservice to the victims and their grieving households.

 Decarlos Brown “incapable to proceed”  by  johncoxc 

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