by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 22, 2019 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On Saturday, January 19, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Judge Josephine Kerr Davis, Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry, leaders of African-American Caucus of the NC Democratic Party, and others to discuss criminal justice reform in North Carolina....
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 10, 2019 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
By Allison Bunker, CJPC Intern When we examine the current state of justice in America there seems to be no rationality for why we incarcerate 2.3 million people. Yet if we peel away the layers of the prison system a possible answer comes to light: corporate...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 10, 2019 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
By CJPC Intern Lily Walter Real court is not like Law & Order. Although this sounds like a fairly obvious truth, I didn’t grasp how truly different the real justice system was until I visited the Forsyth County courts. And perhaps the biggest misconception TV...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jan 10, 2019 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Uncategorized
By CJPC Intern Lily Walter The debate over the death penalty has long been about morality. Those in favor argue that the punishment must fit the crime, and that the taking of the life deserves the loss of one’s life. Those opposed argue that we cannot be the arbiters...
by Dawn Blagrove | Dec 31, 2018 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On December 16, 2018, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Irving Joyner and April Dawson, law professors at North Carolina Central University School of Law, for their weekly one-hour show. They dive deep into criminal justice reform topics that include mass...
