A bill making money laundering a felony and adding clarification to larceny crimes recently passed both chambers of the General Assembly and now awaits a signature on the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper. The bill would add a felony law to the North Carolina criminal code for money laundering, which involves individuals or organizations knowingly...
In a compelling community forum, a woman described her heartbreaking involvement with the criminal justice system before Democrat party activists across the state. During a Community Listen Forum sponsored by the N.C. Democratic Party on Tuesday evening, Dreama Caldwell described how her life changed forever when, in 2015 at age 42, she was working at...
If North Carolina’s nebulous criminal code isn’t confusing enough, the “elephant” metaphors lawmakers use to describe them are even less enlightening. At a reform-oriented summit hosted Monday, Oct. 21, in Cary by the Cato Institute and the John Locke Foundation, several lawmakers excoriated the state’s criminal code, saying obsolete and duplicate statutes place harsh burdens...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s criminal statutes are bloated but not beyond repair, a top legal expert says. Hundreds of crimes are strewn across more than 140 chapters of the N.C. General Statutes. Chapter 14, which deals specifically with criminal law, holds more than 840 sections. Worse yet, crimes extend beyond state code. Administrative and licensing bodies...
The General Assembly reconvenes Friday for another special session, primarily designated for redistricting business. There will be proposed legislative maps, public hearings, lots of debate and, I predict, an almost straight party-line vote on newly drawn — per court order — legislative districts. These maps and the expected discussion will take up most of the news cycle. There will be debates...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s criminal code is out of control, but lawmakers are ready to rein it in. Hundreds of crimes are strewn across more than 140 chapters of the North Carolina General Statutes. Chapter 14 alone, which deals specifically with criminal law, holds more than 840 sections defining countless offenses. Senate Bill 114, Annual...
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, spoke briefly this morning in favor of the provision of Senate Bill 114 that would create a new commission to recodify North Carolina’s criminal code. Gray offered this testimony during a meeting of the N.C. House Finance Committee meeting. The committee endorsed S.B. 114.
Overcriminalization in North Carolina makes business owners, often unwittingly, into criminals every day.
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