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Briefing Paper: NC’s Messy Criminal Code
Video: NC’s Messy Criminal Code
Presentation: Overcriminalization in NC
NC Legislation to Scope the Issue
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NC Summit Proposals to Address Overcriminalization
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NC Charges Over 10,000 Ordinance Crimes Per Year
NC Ordinance Crimes: County-Level Breakdown
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Yes, It’s a Crime:
Allowing chickens and other domestic fowl to be at large in town (Ahoskie, NC)
Begging (multiple ordinances)
Sleeping in public parks (multiple ordinances)
Permitting “any bitch . . . to run at large during the erotic stage of copulation” (statewide)
Using silly strings within city limits (Mount Airy, NC)
