The Charlotte Light Rail Murder and Involuntary Commitments Of The Mentally Ill

The John Locke Foundation has a couple of articles that discuss the legislative response to the murder on Charlotte’s light rail. Among other things, the General Assembly decided that there must be “mental health evaluations for an expanded range of arrestees”. The state of North Carolina already had an involuntary […]

Southern Baptist Leaders’ Response To George Floyd

J.D. Greear, then president of the Southern Baptist Convention– and many other familiar figures within the convention– signed an open letter calling for reforms to deal with “racial inequity” in our criminal justice system (HT: Megan Basham). This took place five years ago in response to the George Floyd incident. […]