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29 Dec North Carolina Second Chance Act Joins National Trend of Justice Reform

Posted at 17:06h in Challenges After Release, Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Prisons

The North Carolina Second Chance Act gives people with nonviolent criminal records an opportunity to have misdemeanors and low-level felonies expunged from their records.

29 Dec Wrong Juror Convicts Defendant in North Carolina

Posted at 16:13h in Ending Mass Incarceration, Prosecutors, Right to Counsel

The chance of a “perfect trial” is slim to none. Whether it’s a sleeping juror, a lack of record or something else, anything close to a perfect trial is hard to come by. And that’s true even when the wrong juror convicts you.