Stories Related to North Carolina
New North Carolina Budget Waves Expunction Fees For Human Trafficking Victims
North Carolina victims of human trafficking will receive support from the state with a new budget created to help survivors pursue a better life. The budget assists with many resources, including waiving expunction costs for victims wrongfully cited for participating in sex work.
Rommy Kassim
1/5/2022
North Carolina Restores Voting Rights To Approximately 55,000 Former Felons
North Carolina is seeing the most significant expansion of voting rights since the 1960s with a new policy that restores voting rights to roughly 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony conviction.
Rommy Kassim
9/18/2021
North Carolina Senate Considers Legislation That Wipes Away Charges With Non-Guilty Verdicts
This "clean slate" bill would automatically expunge criminal charges that are dismissed or ruled as "not guilty" and allows individuals convicted of nonviolent misdemeanors to petition for expungement after seven years of good behavior.
Rommy Kassim
11/23/2019