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The North Carolina Structured Sentencing Act was adopted and implemented in order to give the judge a specific set of standards to follow when sentencing a person. There was a need to change the way that criminals were sentenced in order to lower the prison population, and ensure that the people that were spending time in prison were there for necessary reasons, and that they were serving an ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of North Carolina.. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in North Carolina since 2006. A series of lawsuits filed in state courts questioning the fairness and humanity of capital punishment have created a de facto moratorium on executions being carried out in North Carolina.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices has varied.
Gov. Roy Cooper has pardoned nine people in North Carolina and commuted the sentences of six more, including a Raleigh man sent to prison for life for a murder he committed at age 18.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday reduced the sentences of four people and issued pardons to four others. “Ensuring thorough review of cases while taking executive clemency action is a ...
More than 200 people marched outside the North Carolina governor’s mansion Saturday demanding he commute all the state’s death sentences to prison terms.
Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by North Carolina" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In North Carolina, magistrates are officers of District Court. Most magistrates are not lawyers. [4] In criminal cases, a magistrate may issue warrants, set bail, accept guilty pleas, and so forth. In civil cases, the most common duty of a magistrate is to preside over small claims court. [5] [6]