North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement on March 20 that a black death row inmate’s conviction and death sentence at his sixth murder trial could ...

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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly was honored with three awards for exemplary journalism at the North Carolina Press Association’s 2019 annual convention on March 21. Lawyers Weekly won first prize in its division for Election/Political Reporting for its reporting on the ...

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DURHAM (AP) — An autopsy says natural causes claimed the life of a North Carolina prosecutor found dead at home last year amid attention over “The Staircase” documentary series. Freda Black helped prosecute the 2001 killing examined by the documentary. ...

Gerrymandering is on trial as the U.S. Supreme Court and judges in a dozen states consider whether mapmakers — typically state lawmakers — have gone too far in manipulating the boundaries of legislative districts for their own advantage. The high ...

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Authorities in a North Carolina county say some, but not all, services have been restored after a ransomware virus led to a shutdown of its entire computer network. Orange County officials said Wednesday that staffers have disinfected 20 of the ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — An appeals court agrees a fraternity should be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging a pledge at a private North Carolina university died from hazing. The state Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the mother of Robert Eugene ...

RALEIGH (AP) — A man imprisoned for stalking has had his conviction overturned after North Carolina’s Court of Appeals ruled the social media posts underpinning the charges were protected by free speech rights. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday for Brady ...

The president of Wake Forest University says the school was itself a victim of an admissions scheme involving a volleyball coach. University President Nathan Hatch issued a statement Wednesday saying coach William Ferguson, who’s on leave, is the only school ...

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The sponsor of a North Carolina law limiting LGBT rights that led businesses, entertainers and others to boycott the state is running for Congress. State Sen. Dan Bishop of Charlotte filed on Thursday to run in the 9th Congressional District ...

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The policy-making body of the federal judiciary has approved amendments which clarify what qualifies as judicial misconduct and makes it easier for victims to come forward and report judges’ misdeeds. The changes were approved by the Judicial Conference of the ...

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