Gov. Josh Stein is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to uphold a state law banning gun possession by felons.
The gun rights group Grass Roots North Carolina is adding its support to a challenge of North Carolina’s law against felons possessing firearms.
North Carolina suffers from a severe case of overcriminalization. We have more activities and actions classified as a crime, something worthy of public condemnation, than just about any state. In addition, those crimes are scattered far and wide — not only in Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the “crime” chapter, but throughout an additional...
Over the decades, state agencies and local governments have adopted a range of criminal penalties for offenses that, whatever their adverse social effects may be, don’t necessarily merit criminal prosecution.
A recent event hosted by the Libre Institute highlighted an issue that’s gaining support across the ideological spectrum: Reforms in the criminal-justice system that would clean up the legal code, not only reducing penalties for nonviolent offenses but also removing many crimes from the books. “Each one of us is likely unwittingly committing up to...
Keep in mind that reducing the number of acts we treat as criminal in North Carolina doesn’t necessarily mean that fewer acts will be illegal.
The 2016 legislative short session begins April 25. While continued uncertainty over congressional (and even legislative) district maps could cut into the General Assembly’s calendar, there are a number of moves our elected officials could make this year to highlight economic growth — fairer taxes, fewer barriers to building businesses, education options that work for...
Overcriminalization in North Carolina makes business owners, often unwittingly, into criminals every day.
N.C. lawmakers create nearly three dozen new crimes a year, some of which can trip up well-meaning small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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