North Carolina legislated nearly three times more new crimes in 2016 than in any of the six previous years, according to to a study released Tuesday by the Manhattan Institute (MI).
The Institute studied over-criminalization in North Carolina between 2015 and 2016, finding that the state created 83 new crimes in 2016, compared to just 31 in 2015 and an average of 34 between 2009 and 2014. Nearly 60 of the new crimes were regulations on business practices in banking and agriculture, created and executed by unelected administrative officials, the study claims. The state created a total 0f 114 new crimes between 2015 and 2016.
A graph depicting the increase of new crimes in North Carolina, leading to over-criminalization (Credit: Manhattan Institute)
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