North Carolina Criminal Law

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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Nationally, the biggest piece of criminal law news this week was that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that repeals the death penalty in Illinois. He also […]

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With the General Assembly in session and the Supreme Court in term, each week brings a flood of interesting news. The top story this week was probably the Court’s decision […]

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Lots of news again this week. 1. The News and Observer ran this story, the opening line of which is “[e]very case former State Bureau of Investigation Agent Duane Deaver […]

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What a week! The news stories just kept coming. It started off over the weekend, when the News and Observer published this interesting article about upcoming appellate arguments over the […]

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The hottest topic of the week — aside from the gripping Duke/UNC basketball game on Wednesday night — was certainly the hearing in Forsyth County about the constitutionality of the […]

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Several stories appeared this week that may be of interest: 1. The News and Observer ran this article, headlined “Lawyers Take on Net Predator Law,” about defense attorneys’ efforts to […]

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For me, the biggest recent news is that I broke my finger, had surgery on it, and am now much poorer and all doped up on Percocet. But that might […]

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I love Fridays! Here’s the news of the week: 1. The Youth Accountability Task Force, which was charged by the General Assembly with studying the age at which young offenders […]

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There have been a number of interesting stories in the news this week. 1. The national focus has been on Tucson, Arizona, where Jared Loughner is being held without bail […]

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