Community organizations help justice-involved residents make a fresh start
On Monday, DSS hosted the Project Fresh Start New Beginnings Conference. Conference organizer Charles Evans brought together residents with criminal records and community organizations dedicated to helping them find employment and get those records expunged.
President leaves military defendants on death row after commuting others
Three of the four military inmates were sentenced to death at Fort Liberty
Fayetteville councilwoman appointed to Governor’s Crime Commission
A Fayetteville city councilwoman has been named to the state’s top advisory panel on criminal justice. Councilwoman Courtney Banks-McLaughlin was appointed to the Governor’s Crime Commission by Gov. Roy Cooper on April 6, according to a release from the City of Fayetteville.

