“As public health concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased attention on jail populations and the national racial reckoning after George Floyd’s death forced communities to reconsider the current criminal justice system, pretrial reform in North Carolina has become a prominent topic of interest.”
Read More“The Carolina Political Review sat down with Carolina Student Legal Services Director and Staff Attorney Fran Muse in addition to the Executive Director of Off-Campus Student Life and Community Partnerships Aaron Bachenheimer to learn about ways that Carolina students can ensure that they stay on the right side of the law during their time in Chapel Hill.”
Read More“While it may be the right decision on a technical level for the case to be dismissed, the Appellate Court’s decision still reeks of a miscarriage of justice. Regardless of whether the Board of Education was negligent in this particular case, it symbolizes a bleak reality: that individuals in North Carolina can be severely wronged by their state or local government and still be completely unable to recover damages.”
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