A recent op-ed in the Observer from an anti-drunk driving advocacy group MADD glosses over serious concerns about government monitoring and privacy in it’s goal to create new mandatory vehicle technology that could “prevent” drunk driving. [Read more…]
NC Probation Law Goes Unfunded
This week the Raleigh News & Observer took a close look at the Justice Reinvestment Act, passed last year and waiting in the wings now. The Act, which was designed to both save money and prevent the revolving prison door, however, is without funding at this time. [Read more…]
Police Technology Finds Stolen Vehicles, But Tracks All Drivers
The police department in Raleigh, NC has a new device in its arsenal for finding stolen cars, but raises significant privacy concerns with all the information it is collecting in the process. [Read more…]
Craigslist Robberies Growing Problem in Charlotte Area
Many people use Craigslist to get good deals from other people within their community. But, many people are also using the website to target potential robbery victims. According to the Charlotte Observer, local law enforcement is accustomed to seeing at least one Craigslist-related crime per month in the area. [Read more…]
North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act Under National Spotlight
Marcus Reymond Robinson is a convicted murderer waiting out the remainder of his days on North Carolina’s death row. He hopes his time there will be limited, not by execution but by a commutation to a life sentence. He is the first to challenge his death sentence on the basis of racial bias in jury selection, something that’s possible in N.C. due to the Racial Justice Act. [Read more…]
Racial Justice Act Rewritten by State Senate
The Racial Justice Act is only two years old and it may be in its final days. The state Senate “rewrote” the law this week and it is now in the hands of Governor Bev Perdue who has released no indication of whether or not she will sign it. Perdue signed the act into law in 2009, but then so did the Senate. [Read more…]