Glenn Beaton assesses the US Supreme Court’s recent redistricting ruling. Imagine a system where arrests, convictions and sentencing for the crime of murder had to be in proportion to the…
Chris Bray writes for the Federalist about two contrasting approaches to violent crimes on opposite ends of the country. A man slashed a woman’s throat in Charlotte, North Carolina, and…
Al Perrotta writes for the Daily Signal about the questionable characters earning adulation from America’s political left. Sadly, today’s Left and it appears the entire Democratic Party have carved in…
Editors at National Review Online assess the outcome of a high-profile trial. Daniel Penny’s nightmare is over. On the fifth day of deliberations, with Manhattan’s elected progressive Democratic district attorney…
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist ponders Democrats’ misuse of power. Perhaps you saw the news last week that two women in their 70s, Jean Marshall and Joan Bell, are…
S.T. Karnick writes for the Daily Caller about the timing of a new federal indictment against former President Donald Trump. The very day that the Oversight Committee of the U.S.…
Convicted felons should have their right to vote restored only after they have entirely repaid their debts to society. The United States and North Carolina constitutions both authorize and enshrine…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online argues that gun discussions on Capitol Hill are missing the mark. With all due respect to Mitch McConnell, Republicans shouldn’t even be talking about…
Recent criticism notwithstanding, George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson’s 1982 article, “Broken Windows,” makes two important points about criminal justice reform that are still relevant today. The economic and…
RALEIGH — As crime soars and the breakdown of public order takes its toll on our country, new analysis from the John Locke Foundation signals it’s time to adopt a different approach…
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online warns readers about the negative long-term consequences of rising crime in America. The most consequential societal achievement of the last generation was the suppression…
As I noted in a previous research brief, COVID-19 presents many difficult challenges for North Carolina’s criminal justice system. How can we prevent the disease from running rampant in our…