If someone you care about has been arrested and taken to the Mecklenburg County Jail, the first question is simple and urgent. When can they get out? For violent felonies, the answer is now governed by Iryna’s Law (Session Law 2025-93), which took effect in December 2025. Bond decisions in…
House Bill 307, known as Iryna’s Law, took effect December 1, 2025, and represents perhaps the most significant statutory reform to North Carolina’s pretrial release framework in decades. The legislation emerged in response to a high-profile homicide in Charlotte and puts into effect sweeping changes to bail procedures, pretrial detention…