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As the fallout continues from CNN’s report on Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s alleged history of graphic and disturbing online comments, some on social media are referencing North Carolina’s ...
The case attracted differing opinions from the legal community. Steven Drizin, professor at Northwestern University School of Law, characterized the ruling as "huge", noting that police would no longer be able to choose to question young suspects at a school in order to avoid giving a Miranda warning, a practice he characterized as a "loophole ...
After Wellstone's death in 2002, his longtime aide and campaign manager, Jeff Blodgett, founded Wellstone Action, which promotes conviction politics through education and training. Tom Perriello, a Democratic Party politician and representative from Virginia, explicitly ran his successful campaign based on "conviction politics". He argued that ...
The government of North Carolina is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. These consist of the Council of State (led by the Governor), the bicameral legislature (called the General Assembly), and the state court system (headed by the North Carolina Supreme Court).
Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics in state government and politics for North Carolina.
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.
In last month’s South Carolina case, Alexander v.NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court continued to press the Republican crusade against pluralistic democracy.Earl Warren and Thurgood Marshall (and ...
The $75 million award was the largest wrongful conviction award in United States history, as well as the largest personal injury case award in South Carolina history. An attorney working for McCollum and Brown suggested that the size of the award was meant to send a message against law enforcement misconduct, especially at the expense of ...