by Mandie Sellars | Mar 28, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Wake County Board of Commissioners is the latest group to join the growing list of supporters for raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina. According to Indy Weekly, the commissioners stressed that teenagers should be allowed to make mistakes...
by Mandie Sellars | Mar 15, 2017 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Carolina Justice Policy Center, as one of the members of the Raise the Age Coalition, has worked for over a decade to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina. Wednesday, March 8, 2017, we moved a giant step closer. With 68 bi-partisan primary and...
by Mandie Sellars | Nov 23, 2016 | Emancipate NC News, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Raise the Age Coalition is building momentum towards finally making substantive change to the laws in North Carolina. The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association is the latest group to throw its support behind raising the age in North Carolina. Previously,...