News Roundup (July 13, 2012)
Jeff Welty
Over the past several days, the national news has been dominated by the issuance of an investigative report about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, a topic I previously […]
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July 13, 2012
Over the past several days, the national news has been dominated by the issuance of an investigative report about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, a topic I previously […]
READ POST "News Roundup (July 13, 2012)"June 29, 2012
Apparently the Supreme Court issued some sort of decision this week about broccoli, or health insurance, or something. But it wasn’t all mandates and Medicare: there were several significant criminal […]
READ POST "News Roundup (June 29, 2012)"June 22, 2012
The biggest news locally this week was the General Assembly’s passage of S 416, which will dramatically alter, if not effectively repeal, the Racial Justice Act. I summarized the bill […]
READ POST "News Roundup (June 22, 2012)"June 15, 2012
There were so many significant and interesting stories this week, it’s hard to decide where to begin. But I’ve settled on this USA Today story about federal inmates serving sentences […]
READ POST "News Roundup (June 15, 2012)"June 8, 2012
The General Assembly’s in session, and Republican legislators are moving to amend the Racial Justice Act. An AP article on point states that the proposal would “strip away much of […]
READ POST "News Roundup (June 8, 2012)"June 1, 2012
Yesterday, I noted that the John Edwards jury had been deliberating for nine days. Apparently, nine days was long enough. As the News and Observer notes here, the jurors reported […]
READ POST "News Roundup (June 1, 2012)"May 25, 2012
I thought that if I delayed this post long enough, I would be able to include something about the John Edwards verdict. But there still isn’t one, so I can […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 25, 2012)"May 18, 2012
Well, this is embarrassing. “Orange-Chatham District Attorney Jim Woodall has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to . . . probe . . . UNC-Chapel Hill’s African and Afro-American Studies […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 18, 2012)"May 11, 2012
The lead story from last week’s news roundup is back again: Chapel Hill’s ban on using cell phones while driving. It appears from this News and Observer story that Superior […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 11, 2012)"May 4, 2012
It is still safe – legally speaking – to drive around Chapel Hill while talking on a cell phone. Recall that the town has banned cell phone usage while driving, […]
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