by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 30, 2018 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
On Wednesday, a Wake County jury sentenced Donovan Richardson to life in prison for his role in a 2014 double murder. He is one of three men accused in the crime of murdering two elderly men at their home in Fuquay Varina. One of the other men pleaded guilty and will...
by Dawn Blagrove | Oct 12, 2017 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
by Molly Riesenberger The ACLU report, “In for a Penny: The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons,” presents the findings of a yearlong investigation into “debtors’ prisons,” exposing how poor defendants are increasingly being jailed for failure to pay legal debts...
by Dawn Blagrove | Oct 12, 2017 | CJPC News, Policing, Uncategorized
On September 5, 2017, Donald Trump revoked the program DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). DACA was originally established under the Obama administration and allowed individuals who entered the United States as minors to receive a renewable two-year period...
by Dawn Blagrove | Oct 12, 2017 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform
The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a $2 million grant to Mecklenburg County’s Department of Criminal Justice Services to continue building on local efforts to implement criminal justice system reforms and safely reduce Mecklenburg...
by Dawn Blagrove | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rejecting a plea agreement means facing the death penalty for the unlucky defendants in North Carolina who live in the handful of counties that pursue the death penalty. As of 2012, only 14 of the 100 counties in North Carolina have sought the death penalty at...
