News Roundup (September 14, 2012)
Jeff Welty
There have been several sad and frightening stories in the news recently, from the apparent murder of UNC undergraduate Faith Hedgepeth, to the ice cream truck operator charged with being […]
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September 14, 2012
There have been several sad and frightening stories in the news recently, from the apparent murder of UNC undergraduate Faith Hedgepeth, to the ice cream truck operator charged with being […]
READ POST "News Roundup (September 14, 2012)"September 13, 2012
A couple of recent news stories led me to think about the possibility of a particular type of class disparity in the criminal justice system. Here are the two stories: […]
READ POST "The Latest UNC Scandal and the Possibility of Disparate Treatment (September 13, 2012)"September 7, 2012
It was a short week, but not a slow week. Here in North Carolina, the News and Observer has this story describing the increase in post-release supervision resulting from the […]
READ POST "News Roundup (September 7, 2012)"August 31, 2012
Results from the July bar examination are now available. Apparently, there were some, um, irregularities in the administration of the test. Above The Law reports that “[o]ne test site — […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 31, 2012)"August 30, 2012
I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed a book on the blog before — maybe this prior post would qualify — but I recently finished Don’t Shoot, by Paul David Kennedy, […]
READ POST "Book Review: Don’t Shoot (August 30, 2012)"August 24, 2012
Can you name all nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court? Take a moment and test yourself before you read on. How did you do? If you were able […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 24, 2012)"August 17, 2012
I’ve been traveling a fair bit lately, which made me especially receptive to this story about things the TSA has found on air passengers or in their luggage this year. […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 17, 2012)"August 10, 2012
There has been plenty of criminal law news this week. 1. Jared Lee Loughner pled guilty on Tuesday in federal district court to 6 counts of murder and 13 counts […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 10, 2012)"August 3, 2012
Here in Chapel Hill, the big news of the week is that the town’s ban on cell phone use while driving was struck down by a superior court judge. The […]
READ POST "News Roundup (August 3, 2012)"July 27, 2012
I feel like we’re living in East Texas, where summer consists of a long, unbroken string of 100 degree days with high humidity. Lucky for us, there are lots of […]
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