NC 2019-2020 Report Final

NC 2019-2020 Report Final

North Carolina Court Monitoring Project 2019-2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction_____________________________________________________ 3 State Overview__________________________________________________4 Carteret County _________________________________________________6 Cumberland County ______________________________________________7 Forsyth County__________________________________________________8 Person County __________________________________________________9 Wake County __________________________________________________ 10 Conclusions and Recommendations ________________________________ 11

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INTRODUCTION

MADD’s Court Monitoring Program was created to ensure that impaired driving offenders are

prosecuted by having court monitors observe and document what happens during impaired driving

case proceedings.

The goals of MADD’s Court Monitoring Program are to enhance transparency, accountability and to

promote appropriate sentencing within the criminal justice system for drunk driving cases.

This is accomplished by:

• Compiling information on the handling of DWI cases in our court system.

• Promoting public interest and awareness of the outcomes of criminal cases in the justice system • To report the relevant information collected and publicizing the findings through an annual report released by MADD National as well as local reports.

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STATE OVERVIEW

North Carolina had over 30,000 DWI arrests in 2020 alone and through our court monitoring program we were able to

observe around 2,400 cases per year in 2019 and 2020. It is important to note that the Court Monitoring Project is only

monitoring a random sample of the overall cases that are handled in certain counties in North Carolina. Due to the

program being reliant on mostly volunteers to attend court sessions, the counties that we monitor can change throughout

the year due to the loss of a volunteer.

MADD’s North Carolina Court Monitoring Program observes DWI cases in counties throughout the state with funding

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