The same judge who demanded state lawmakers crack down on gang violence following the murder of UNC President Eve Carson is speaking out again.

"It's a question of the law," retired Durham district court judge Craig Brown said.

When it comes to the proposed release of multiple inmates from North Carolina prisons Brown said the law is very clear.

The inmates were sentenced under the law in 1974 and when their sentences are combined with good behavior credits, they should be released.

"The law requires that the inmate serve his or her sentence as defined by the law at the time they were sentenced," he said.

Brown, however, argues the law should be changed to allow for electronic monitoring of released prisoners.

It's one of the points in his new book "Blind Justice," a play on words because Brown is blind.

"There is no such thing and no provision for the use of GPS technology (under parole guidelines)," Brown said.

In 2008 when it was announced the murders of Carson and Duke Grad student Abhijit Mahato were possibly gang related, Judge Brown pleaded from the bench for then-Governor Mike Easley to call a special legislative session to work on gang violence.

Brown said an ankle bracelet can monitor people anywhere continuously

"I certainly think the public would feel safer about these offenders being released when they've served their sentences," Brown said.

If the law were revised to allow electronic monitoring, Brown said the state could even save money.

He said it costs $78 per day to keep someone in jail, compared with $10 per day to monitor them with an ankle bracelet.

"It seems to me that the time is right in conjunction with the further development of technology for us to seriously take a look at North Carolina criminal law," he said.

"Blind Justice" is already on store shelves.