News Roundup
The biggest news story of the week is a gunman’s attempt to assassinate former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. […]
July 17, 2024
New Dashboard Shows Impact of Record Clearance Policies in North Carolina
At the Criminal Justice Innovation Lab, we’re focused on an evidence-based approach to criminal justice issues. We deal with a lot of data and try to make that information relevant […]
July 15, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Curtails Substitute Analyst Testimony
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Smith v. Arizona, 602 U.S. ___; 2024 WL 3074423 (June 21, 2024) (Kagan, J.). The case settled a lingering question in Sixth Amendment Confrontation […]
July 12, 2024
News Roundup
Back in May, it appeared that North Carolina lawmakers were moving toward a repeal of automatic expunctions of dismissed charges. However, in recent weeks, they have reversed course and a […]
July 3, 2024
2024 HIPAA Final Rule: The New Attestation Requirement
On June 25, 2024, changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule aimed at supporting reproductive health care privacy went into effect. Last week, I published a blog post about these changes, […]
July 2, 2024
Child Advocacy Centers, Child Medical Evaluations, and Multidisciplinary Team Information Sharing: New Law in Effect as of July 1
Across North Carolina, there are 55 child advocacy centers (CACs) providing services to children who have experienced maltreatment, including physical or sexual abuse. Local law enforcement agencies and county departments […]
June 28, 2024
News Roundup
Last week, Louisiana became the first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for sex crimes against children. Effective August 1, the legislation gives Louisiana judges the option to sentence […]
June 25, 2024
The Court’s Obligation to Determine Disposition in a Delinquency Matter
Is the court bound to order a certain disposition in a delinquency matter when the juvenile and the prosecutor agree to that disposition as part of an agreement? The short […]
June 21, 2024
News Roundup
The biggest story in criminal law this week was undoubtedly the arrest of Justin Timberlake, former member of The Mickey Mouse Club and NSYNC, on charges of driving while intoxicated. […]
June 14, 2024
News Roundup
As AP News reports, Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, was convicted of three felony offenses in a federal court in Delaware this week. The convictions include making a […]
Subscribe
Categories
Blog Authors
- Maggie Bailey (3)
- Brittany Bromell (90)
- Emily Coward (8)
- Alexander Cowell (3)
- Melanie Crenshaw (3)
- Michael Crowell (7)
- Shea Denning (640)
- Sara DePasquale (9)
- Phil Dixon (204)
- James Drennan (1)
- Belal Elrahal (36)
- Whitney Fairbanks (1)
- Bob Farb (46)
- Rebecca Fisher-Gabbard (2)
- Jacquelyn Greene (80)
- Alyson Grine (16)
- Timothy Heinle (7)
- Jonathan Holbrook (56)
- Joseph L. Hyde (57)
- Kirsten Leloudis (1)
- Caitlin Little (1)
- Ian Mance (3)
- Jamie Markham (560)
- Chris McLaughlin (1)
- Kristi Nickodem (4)
- Alex Phipps (86)
- M. Jeanette Pitts (2)
- LaToya Powell (7)
- Ethan Rex (3)
- John Rubin (97)
- Jessica Smith (253)
- Meredith Smith (5)
- Daniel Spiegel (45)
- Tom Thornburg (6)
- Hannah Turner (12)
- Christopher Tyner (262)
- Jeff Welty (1208)