News Roundup (May 27, 2011)
Jeff Welty
The News and Observer reports that the government may seek an indictment against former Senator John Edwards as soon as next week. The case is expected to center around money […]
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May 27, 2011
The News and Observer reports that the government may seek an indictment against former Senator John Edwards as soon as next week. The case is expected to center around money […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 27, 2011)"May 20, 2011
The big news nationally this week was the New York arrest and indictment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges that he sexually assaulted a maid at a Manhattan hotel. Prior to […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 20, 2011)"May 13, 2011
The weather forecast calls for a rainy weekend: a good time to sit around, listening to some music. Preferably Bob Dylan, since he is apparently the musician most often cited […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 13, 2011)"May 6, 2011
At least here in the Triangle, the headlines today are all about the Wake County conviction of Bradley Cooper for killing his wife, Nancy. I haven’t followed the trial closely, […]
READ POST "News Roundup (May 6, 2011)"April 29, 2011
1. The General Assembly has been working on the budget lately. The House is proposing significant budget cuts to the court system, including reductions in the number of victim/witness legal […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 29, 2011)"April 21, 2011
Tomorrow’s a UNC holiday, so I’m rounding up the week’s news a day early. 1. Professor Matthew Robinson of Appalachian State University released a new death penalty study this week, […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 21, 2011)"April 15, 2011
It’s been almost two weeks, so there’s been more news than I can reasonably cram into a news roundup. But I’ll try! 1. The General Assembly’s in session. They’re working […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 15, 2011)"April 4, 2011
The usual Friday news roundup was displaced last week by an extremely important post. But the news itself just kept coming, including the following: 1. The General Assembly passed the […]
READ POST "News Roundup (April 4, 2011)"March 25, 2011
Duke took it on the chin last night, losing to a confident, athletic Arizona team. That’s the basketball roundup. Now for the criminal law roundup: 1. The Conference of District […]
READ POST "News Roundup (March 25, 2011)"March 18, 2011
The biggest news of the last few days, of course, is that Kyrie Irving is expected to return to the court when Duke plays Hampton this afternoon. (OK, the biggest […]
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