Doug Lance, executive director of Alternative Community Penalties Program Inc., describes a key problem with North Carolina’s current system of criminal justice. Lance delivered these remarks as part of a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society May 11, 2009. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
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