by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Legislative Updates, Raising the Juvenile Age
With a 104 to 8 vote, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed the Raise The Age bill. The Senate now has the bill for consideration. The Senate budget does include policy language supporting Raise The Age legislation, however no funds were allocated in the...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In an article written by Gretchen Engle, Executive Director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Engle deconstructs the myth that the death penalty punishes the “worst of the worst” offenders. The article explains that instead, death sentences are...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
A man in Florida who was facing two death sentences has been exonerated. Ralph Daniel Wright Jr., a former sergeant, had been previously convicted of murdering his lover and their 15-month-old child in 2007. The Florida Supreme Court held that the evidence was...
by Dawn Blagrove | May 15, 2017 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform
Between April 25 and May 25, NC Medicaid and NC Health Choice Transformation will be requesting public input regarding various topics, including increasing access to care and treating substance use disorders. You can download dates, times, and locations of public...
by Dawn Blagrove | May 15, 2017 | CJPC News, Legislative Updates
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Douglas Mc Cullogh has retired early and given Roy Cooper the power to appoint his replacement. This came as a surprise, as he was expected to retire at the end of May. This followed a power struggle over a bill that would reduce...
by Dawn Blagrove | May 15, 2017 | CJPC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
On Tuesday, May 2nd, Mecklenburg County Commissioners approved a resolution to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction. Mecklenburg County Commissioner Pat Cotham brought the resolution forward with strong bipartisan support.
