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In an attempt to fight the “war on drugs” in the United States, Congress passed the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act that created a 100-to-1 disparity between the amount of powder and cracks of cocaine required to enforce a federal mandatory minimum sentence. The Act led to the undeniably disproportionate incarceration of Black people throughout the country,…

Recent statistics released by the North Carolina Justice Department have Attorney General Roy Cooper calling for increased enforcement of domestic violence laws for both men and women throughout the state. According to the Justice Department, 122 people were killed in incidents of domestic violence in 2012. Almost twice as many women as men fell victim to…

An emergency order for protection under Chapter 50B of the North Carolina general statutes can be issued by a judge even before a person accused of committing domestic violence has the opportunity to defend him or herself. A Chapter 50B order can keep you from your home, from your family, from traveling within a…

A New Hanover County man was recently charged with assault and assault with a deadly weapon after an apparent outburst of anger involving five high school football players. Authorities say that the assistant football coach at Hoggard High School struck some players in the head, grabbed at least one player by the neck and…

Janelle Evans, a mother on the MTV show “Teen Mom 2,” has been arrested for the second time in one week, according to local reports. The North Carolina mother is accused of violating a domestic violence order of protection filed by a former roommate. The 20-year-old allegedly made harassing phone calls and threats to her old…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey of 9,000 women to learn about the prevalence of domestic violence. The results of the survey showed that one in four women say that they have been the victim of serious violence. The women who responded to the phone survey reported that they have been…

A two-year-old girl died at Gaston Memorial Hospital Thursday night. The toddler was left in the care of a registered sex offender while her mother went to work at a local Bessemer City café. Witnesses at the scene of the America’s Best Inn motel, where the mother, child and her boyfriend lived, said that…

Many different things can lead to domestic violence. Many times, individuals who abuse family members do so while under the influence of alcohol. In these situations, resolving the alcohol abuse problem can put an end to the domestic violence. Actor Nicolas Cage and his wife of seven years had an argument in New Orleans this…

A North Carolina woman was charged with inflicting serious bodily injury as well as assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly attacking her live-in boyfriend during a heated domestic dispute last month, according to a detective from the Enfield, North Carolina police department. The woman’s arrest came after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend numerous…

Those who are subjects of domestic violence protection orders would be advised against trespassing at a domestic violence shelter if the person protected under the order is in the shelter. A new domestic violence law took effect earlier this month, providing that any such person who trespasses will be subject to felony charges. According to the…