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We have more activities and actions classified as a crime, something worthy of public condemnation, than just about any state.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 @ 4:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accidentally self-reported a serious federal violation
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 9:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the N.C. Senate Judiciary Committee today, Andy Wells (R-42) introduced an important and valuable piece of legislation in the form a proposed committee substitute for House Bill 379
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recent event hosted by the Libre Institute highlighted an issue that's gaining support across the ideological spectrum: Reforms in the criminal-justice system that would clean up the legal code, not only reducing penalties for nonviolent offenses but also removing many crimes from the books
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the last two years, academics and scholars of public policy have identified North Carolina as a state with an overly complex criminal code that can ensnare small businesses, farmers, and individuals who unknowingly fail to comply with regulatory rules. In 2014, Professor Jeff Welty of the...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Apart from its compliance costs (which can be massive) and opportunity costs (which can be unfathomable), another cost of overregulation can be difficult in a different way to quantify: overcriminalization.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's criminal code is 55 percent larger than Virginia's and 38 percent larger than South Carolina's, and the Tar Heel State has created nearly three dozen new crimes each year over the past six years.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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