FAQs about Coronavirus and the Correctional System
Today’s post shares my answers to some of the questions I have been asked related to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the correctional system. As you might imagine, […]
December 20, 2019
Twenty-Five Year Reviews of Life Without Parole Sentences Are Underway
Under a law that existed from late 1994 to late 1998, North Carolina defendants sentenced to life without parole for offenses committed during that window are entitled to a judicial […]
May 19, 2016
Twenty-Five Year Review of Sentences to Life Without Parole
I have started to get questions about G.S. 15A-1380.5, a repealed statute that used to provide for judicial review of sentences to life without parole after 25 years of imprisonment. […]
December 5, 2013
Do Only Turkeys Get Pardons?
It is a Thanksgiving tradition for the president to pardon a turkey. This year, CNN reports, it was a Minnesota bird named Popcorn. But is executive clemency limited to avians? […]
April 3, 2009
Least Interesting Post Ever
Update: I spent some time over the weekend thinking about this case. It seems to me that one likely upshot of Harbison is that some states that currently provide for […]
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