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| D.A. Andrew Murray |
Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office
State of North Carolina - 26th Prosecutorial District
Mecklenburg County Citizens:In an effort to increase our communication with the citizens of the North Carolina 26th Prosecutorial District, our Office will, from time-to-time, share educational information about the criminal justice system with our list subscribers.
We hope you find this type of information helpful, in addition to the typical news releases issued by the Office each week. Today, as a result of the many questions that we field on this general subject, we pass-along information regarding some newly-passed legislation that will affect sentencing and corrections laws across the state.If you don't have time to read the three page document highlighting the new NC sentencing laws, let me summarize for you:
The recent action was taken by the North Carolina General Assembly. Please click here to read a synopsis of some of the changes
The North Carolina General Assembly recently passed some new legislation that will substantially alter sentencing and correction laws presently in effect. Due to these recent changes, effective for all offenses committed on or after December 1, 2011, we are providing this synopsis along with a link to the entire bill: House Bill 642
* Substantial Change #1: Most habitual felons must be given shorter sentences
* Substantial Change #2: All felons will have a period of post-release supervision
* Substantial Change #3: Four state prisons will be closed; no new prisons will be opened
* Substantial Change #4: Creation of a “habitual breaking and entering status offender”
* Substantial Change #5: Judges can no longer revoke a defendant’s probation and send them to prison for most violations of probation
* Check out News 14 Carolina's report with Shawn Flynn & my opinion on the matter