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NC DWI Courts Can’t Use Alcohol Detection Ankle Bracelets

The Charlotte Observer published an interesting article this week exposing a little known fact about North Carolina treatment courts: that they cannot use the ankle bracelets designed to detect alcohol in the body. Due to a committee decision in 2007 judges in these treatment courts aren’t allowed to utilize what some other state’s see as a useful tool in alcohol offense control. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 11:54 am and is filed under dwi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Shake-Up At NC Crime Lab

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is under new leadership as the former chief was recently removed and placed in another position within the state’s Department of Justice. Her removal follows serious criticism of the crime lab under her direction and her recent acknowledgement of ignorance to many of the Bureau’s policies. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010 at 12:57 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

North Carolina Experiences Dramatic Crime Drop

North Carolina crime rates for 2009 are at the lowest rate in 25 years according to the Raleigh News-Observer. The state experienced the sharpest single year drop ever since they began collecting the data in 1973. Not surprisingly, however, no one can agree on what’s causing the decrease. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 3:10 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

New DWI Court in North Carolina

The Winston-Salem area is looking to streamline DWI cases as Forsyth County adds a DWI specific court, and works to get through the backlog of DWI cases that have piled up. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 3:53 pm and is filed under dwi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

NC Mental Health Courts Studied and Praised

A study was released this week analyzing the effectiveness of mental health courts on arrest rates. Recidivism is the term used to describe someone’s chances of being rearrested after entering the system. According to this Psychiatric News article, recidivism was significantly lower in people who were processed through mental health courts as opposed to traditional criminal courts. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 8:18 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Charlotte NRA Conference Brings Both Sides of Gun Control to Attention

This weekend, Charlotte will hold its largest convention ever. Over 70,000 members of the National Rifle Association are expected to arrive in the city for two days of meetings, gun shows, and sharing of gun control views. On the other side of the spectrum, people are saying the NRA goes too far in promoting gun rights for all, even suspected terrorists. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 4:06 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

North Carolina Governor Aims to Cut Crime and Costs

Like nearly every state in this country, North Carolina is feeling simultaneous budget constraints and rising costs of corrections. As stated in the Raleigh News and Observer, Governor Perdue states that we “can’t build prisons fast enough”. It has taken extreme budget shortfalls to bring attention to the problems of mass incarceration—but at least the attention is now there. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 3:57 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Magazine in NC’s Triangle Region Blasts Informants in Drug/Conspiracy Case

Last July a local hip hop artist Donald Stanton “Face” Shealey was sentenced to life in a federal prison for drug trafficking and money-laundering. A magazine recently released in the Raleigh area exposes details of his case including informants and details of co-defendants plea agreements. The publication claims to be just an attempt at “real” and “gritty” journalism but some in the community are calling it a scare tactic. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 10:37 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Heroin Deaths On The Rise in Charlotte

The year isn’t over and already Heroin Deaths in Charlotte have more than tripled from last year. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 4:28 pm and is filed under criminal law, drug charges. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Wake County Couple had Violent History

In a heartbreaking case this week a mother was shot and killed outside of her children’s daycare by a man who had previously assaulted her and with whom she was trying to distance herself. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 12:37 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.