Community advocates continue to seek bail reform in North Carolina

A Charlotte family is calling for bail reform as the Queen City continues to experience gun violence. Sevhn Robinson lost her 25-year-old son Kyyri Doggette in 2017 to a shooting on Independence Boulevard. Robinson was told by police her son was the 55th homicide that year. Robinson who organizes the Mega Mommy March against gun violence every year is calling for changes to bail. "The laws need to be changed," Robinson said. "Because if not there will be women like myself that will have a life sentence and they haven't even committed a crime." In North, Carolina magistrates get the first chance to set a defendant's bond. Each district court in the state has different guidelines for how much a bond should be depending on the charge. "I'm not for locking folks up but if you're gonna squeeze that trigger, you need to go to jail," Charles Robinson, Charlotte Outreach Minister and Sevhn Robinson's husband said. Read more: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/loc...