Today we continued to research more into the intricacies of SB300. I selected to focus primarily on a few articles in the bill (and in general) on the idea of overcriminalization. Overcriminizalation is especially prevalent in NC; did you know we have one of the longest legal codes of any state with over 765 sections of laws? This makes it incredibly difficult for any normal person to be able to understand the law well and often leads to people committing unintended crimes. For example, in the cities of Huntersville and Saluda, it is a misdemeanor offense to let your grass grow over 24 and 10 inches respectively. This topic so far has proven very interesting as it seems that there are not many solutions being made to solve this issue.
I look forward to sharing my research with Prof. Markham and discussing it further ahead of our visit to the general assembly next week.