News Roundup (September 13, 2013)
Jeff Welty
There’s a pretty strong argument that the state court system is underfunded. And there’s a pretty strong argument that the federal court system is underfunded. The Judicial Conference of the […]
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September 13, 2013
There’s a pretty strong argument that the state court system is underfunded. And there’s a pretty strong argument that the federal court system is underfunded. The Judicial Conference of the […]
READ POST "News Roundup (September 13, 2013)"September 6, 2013
Eleanor Aker, the print shop operator at the court of appeals, has retired. Ms. Aker is 86 and worked for the state for nearly 40 years. Chief Justice Parker presented […]
READ POST "News Roundup (September 6, 2013)"August 30, 2013
Durham County Superior Court Judge Elaine Bushfan, hearing cases in Alamance County, reversed her own judgments in five cases this week, saying that the Alamance County District Attorney’s office was […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 30, 2013)"August 23, 2013
The DWI blood test backlog at the state crime lab has started to receive media attention. TheWinston-Salem Journal recently ran this editorial, arguing that the situation is “unacceptable” and reflects […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 23, 2013)"August 16, 2013
The top story of the week may be that the SBI “and its insurers have agreed to pay $12.475 million to two innocent men who spent a total of 31 […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 16, 2013)"August 9, 2013
A truly incredible story has culminated over the past few days. In 1998, Shon Hopwood was sentenced to 147 months in federal prison for bank robbery. He became a jailhouse […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 9, 2013)"August 2, 2013
Nationally, the focus this week was on the sentencing of Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who imprisoned three women in his home for years and sexually assaulted them. Castro spoke […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 2, 2013)"July 26, 2013
The budget is done, the Senate has adjourned, and the House will adjourn this morning. I’ve already posted about one aspect of the budget, here, but it is hundreds of […]
READ POST "News Roundup (July 26, 2013)"July 19, 2013
A North Carolina judge made the national news recently because of the sentence she imposed on a young woman who pled guilty to being drunk and disruptive and to resisting […]
READ POST "News Roundup (July 19, 2013)"July 12, 2013
Jeff is away from the office today so he entrusted me with the keys to the blog. I briefly considered filling this post with a series of hilarious 6-second Vines […]
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