by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 19, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
In a recent article printed in the Washington Post, former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson explains why although he carried out the death penalty as Governor, he now opposes it. Some of the reasons he cited include the failure to serve as a deterrent, the...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Ending the Death Penalty
Four Inmates in Cumberland County have asked that the state Supreme Court reconsider the illegal effect of racism in their trials. They had previously used the North Carolina Racial Justice act to do so, but it was repealed in 2013. Some of the arguments in their two...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Uncategorized
Person/Caswell County DA Wallace Bradsher has resigned. His resignation follows a nearly 10 month investigation into alleged theft at his office, as well as the office of prosecutor Craig Blitzer. Craig Blitzer resigned in March. The investigation has been conducted...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
Republican Senator Rand Paul and Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy have pledged to fight back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vow to seek the longest possible sentences even for non-violent drug offenses. Paul, Leahy, and Democrat Jeff Merkley have...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration
It is possible for prosecutors to be champions of progressive criminal justice reform. Larry Krasner, a former civil rights attorney who has never been a prosecutor, has taken the lead to win the Democratic nomination over several experienced prosecutors and a former...
by Dawn Blagrove | Jun 7, 2017 | CJPC News, Mass Incarceration
A bill has been introduced in the House which would require sex offenders to pay an initial registration fee of ninety dollars and an annual registration fee of ninety dollars on the anniversary of the initial registration date. The attorney general would recover...
