“As a recent op-ed revealed in the News & Observer this week, the over-sized portrait of Thomas Ruffin, a 19th century NC Supreme Court Justice who strongly espoused pro-slavery views both on and off the bench, and was a notoriously brutal slave-owner himself,...
JOIN NC COMMISSION ON RACIAL & ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR #DEFENDTHE14TH This event will inform participants of the historical implications of the 14th Amendment and how it informs our justice system and society today. The program will...
The ABA Racial Justice Improvement Project, Halifax County, and the North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities (NC-CRED) collaborated to work as the North Carolina Task Force in Halifax County. The Task Force focused on identifying discretionary...
The racial and ethnic disparities that mark our criminal justice system are as stark as they are real. African Americans make up a total of 22% of the North Carolina population, but 57% of our prison population. One published study found that African Americans...
Defendants in criminal cases are caught in a web of fines and fees imposed at all stages of the criminal justice process. For poor defendants, these costs are often unpayable. Set up to fail and sanctioned with additional fees, extended probation, license revocation...
