by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 25, 2017 | CJPC News, Gun Violence
The police body cam law was put to the test in Charlotte last week and earned an “A” for public access. Mecklenburg County Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell ordered all Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department body and dash cam video to be released in...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 25, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
An article entitled These Lives Matter, Those Ones Don’t: Comparing Execution Rates by the Race and Gender of the Victim in the US and in the Top Death Penalty States, recently published in the Albany Law Review, tackles data on how the race of a victim impacts...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 3, 2017 | CJPC News, Mass Incarceration
December 16, 2016, North Carolina Council on Community Programs kicked off its 2016 conference with a very informative pre-conference session on the community & LME/MCO role in reducing the number of people with mental illness in jail. Information on the Stepping...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 3, 2017 | CJPC News, Legislative Updates
What many political activists thought would be an early holiday gift turned out to be a lump of coal. The North Carolina General Assembly returned to Raleigh last Wednesday under the auspices of repealing the notorious Bathroom Law that hangs, like an anchor, around...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 3, 2017 | CJPC News, Legislative Updates
As promised by Governor Elect Cooper, the lawsuits challenging the laws passed during the surprise special session have already started to be filed. As of the drafting of this article, two lawsuits have already been filed, with the promise of more to come. For a...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 3, 2017 | CJPC News, Legislative Updates
It’s official! On January 1, 2017, Roy Cooper was sworn in as Governor of North Carolina. He took his oath of office minutes after the start of the new year. He will have his public inauguration ceremony next week. Governor Cooper has his work cut out for him...
