Bail isn’t supposed to punish
As a risk-management device, the current bail system lacks precision in that it imposes costs on some of the wrong people and fails adequately to restraint some of the right people.
As a risk-management device, the current bail system lacks precision in that it imposes costs on some of the wrong people and fails adequately to restraint some of the right people.
Possible GenX contamination in municipal water supplies is a reason cash-strapped municipalities have discussed merging public works systems with larger cities and counties. The UNC School of Government’s Environmental Finance Center is working with the Local Government Commission in the state Treasurer’s Office and the Department of Environmental Quality’s Division…
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…
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina’s governing body may provoke national backlash if it bars the UNC Center for Civil Rights from entering into lawsuits, said UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt. Folt expressed her concerns July 28 in a five-page letter to Anna Nelson, chair…
RALEIGH — Campbell University law Professor Greg Wallace says a simple repeal of House Bill 2 being pushed by Gov. Roy Cooper would put the state back in a “gray area” regarding municipal authority over nondiscrimination…