The North Carolina Medical Cannabis Act (HB 84) was introduced in the House of Representatives this week and is the first step in the Tarheel state to more lenient marijuana laws. [Read more…]
NC Voters Support Medical Marijuana
A recent survey of North Carolina voters held surprises for many. While experts believed support for medical marijuana would be lower in the south, respondents to the Public Policy Polling survey proved them wrong, with the majority of them supporting medical marijuana legislation in the state. [Read more…]
NC Students Could Face Jail Time for Bullying Teachers
What would have gotten you detention several years ago could get you jail time now. Things aren’t the same in North Carolina school rooms as technology has evolved at lightening speeds and the law is trying hard to keep up. While getting a teacher’s goat back in the day may have involved spreading a rumor, now it could involve creating a fake website—and that, under new NC law, could land you a criminal record. [Read more…]
DNC Leaves Charlotte with More than 500 City Cameras
A series of political conventions in the city of Charlotte—including the Democratic nomination convention in 2011 and this year’s DNC—have left the streets of the city full of surveillance cameras. A total of more than 500 cameras eye citizens and the comings and goings of everyone who crosses their path. But, without tight regulation and concrete rules on usage and procedure, the Charlotte police cameras are under intense scrutiny. [Read more…]
“Legally Innocent” Get Little Apology for Lengthy Prison Terms
When it’s determined that the government made a mistake in imprisoning someone, you would think they would offer some consolation for the time that the victim spent behind bars. But, in most cases, you would be wrong. Generally, people who are actually guilty and serve their terms get more when released than those who were wrongfully incarcerated. A recent case out of North Carolina exhibits this well. [Read more…]
Wake County Judges Backdating DWI Rulings to Avoid Penalties
It’s called a “nunc pro tunc” order and means “now for then.” It’s a legitimate order, though it is ideally seldom used. In Wake County, however, there are questions about the frequency of this order and the way it’s being used—largely to shorten or eliminate driver’s license suspensions in DWI cases. [Read more…]