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Certain factors have driven North Carolina's prison population upward between 1970 and 1989, and the proportion of certain types of inmates has changed.
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The Fair Sentencing Act in North Carolina was drafted in an effort to reduce official discretion in imposing sentences and in determining how much actual prison time is served; also, to address concerns about the rising prison population and the connected costs.
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Police data cited by government officials show a generally declining trend in per capita rates of such serious crimes as robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary. The increase shown by police data may be due to improving law enforcement techniques.
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North Carolina legislation limits the growth of prison populations; the issue is whether or not this population cap has increased crime within the state.
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While the murder risk in general is about the same statewide as in the 1970s, the risk has increased for various groups, including black males. Solutions will require long-term planning.
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The new Trial Procedure Act which is effective January 1, 1978 will make changes in the procedure for considering revocation of probation. Under the Act, probation may be imposed unless the offense is a capital one or a mandatory life sentence. Probation may be supervised or unsupervised, and the Act modified what the court may impose as conditions of probation.
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This memorandum provides history on structured sentencing and related legislation. The first attempt to create legislation that calls for even-handed punishments with strict regulation of judges' and correction officials' discretion began in the General Assembly in 1977 and culminated with the Fair Sentencing Act of 1981. This article also discusses new structured-sentencing legislation that will take effect on January 1, 1995.
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This bulletin supplements the 1997 book titled above. It covers the 1997 legislation summarized in the addendum to the book as well as legislation during the 1998 session. It also summarizes relevant decisions since March 1996 by the NC Supreme Court and NC Court of Appeals. Among the topics covered are authorized types of sentences, sentencing procedures, and service of prison and jail sentences.
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The total population of the county jails in North Carolina has quadrupled in the last seventeen years due to the growth of the state's population, increased criminal arrests, and increased pretrial length of stay.
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In 1991 the North Carolina General Assembly, seeking to hasten the disposition of court cases and to improve the efficiency of courts, ordered the court system to develop a pilot program involving court-ordered mediation of civil cases in Superior Court.