…how trial courts are to apply Ashworth. I’ll start with the second Brown factor, which is aimed at evaluating whether the checkpoint is appropriately tailored to carry out the government’s…
…Brooks, Jr., while responding to a 911 call reporting that Brooks was walking down the street carrying a gun, with some asking whether the use of deadly force was appropriate….
In Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986), the Supreme Court held that “the Eighth Amendment prohibits a State from carrying out a sentence of death upon a prisoner who…
…he was “sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry” about the incident that culminated with him being convicted for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon. A video is available at the link….
…lots of interesting raw data, including the number of countries carrying out executions (at least 21) and the number of executions worldwide (at least 682, not counting the likely thousands…
It has been a crazy week in Raleigh, what with the jail accidentally releasing an alleged sex offender, and a fracas unfolding over concealed carry at the upcoming State Fair….
…regularly to carry out this statutory duty. On January 15, 2019 the JJAC issued its required annual interim report to the legislature. The report contains several recommendations and fiscal details…
…the Fourth Circuit. But barring that, carry on applying the amended version of the law described here. About that amended law. Is it constitutional under the framework set out by…
…by the defendant—finding a “hitman”, providing the “hitman” the information needed to carry out the killing, providing the money, and agreeing to a specific date for the killing—were sufficient overt…
…and Observer reports this morning that a lawsuit has already been filed challenging the governor’s authority to limit the public carrying of guns during a declared state of emergency. 2….
