North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A North Carolina man who was once on death row for a shopkeeper’s slaying won’t be retried in the case that put him behind bars for more than 40 years. The prosecutor filed a dismissal notice in the case of ...

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By MELISSA AZALLION The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently issued policy guidance in its policy manual, which states that violating a federal controlled substance law, including marijuana use, remains a conditional bar to establishing good moral character for naturalization ...

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A lawsuit that alleges a 2020 census question pushed by the Trump administration violates minorities’ rights will be sent back to a federal court in Maryland so new evidence can be considered, U.S. appeals judges ruled Tuesday. The 4th Circuit ...

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A North Carolina judge is refusing to throw out a $6.6 million judgment against rapper Yo Gotti. The Winston-Salem Journal reports the rapper, whose legal name is Mario Mims, appeared in court Monday asking for the decision to be vacated. ...

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State officials are appealing a federal judge’s decision that struck down North Carolina’s ban on abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy except in a medical emergency. A lawyer for North Carolina’s Department of Justice filed the notice of appeal ...

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New evidence paints a “disturbing picture” that racial discrimination may be the motive behind the Trump administration’s push to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status, a federal judge wrote in a Monday filing. Last week, U.S. District Judge ...

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North Carolina House members have backed overwhelmingly a longer period of time for victims of child sexual abuse to sue perpetrators for damages as adults. The measure now heading to the Senate following Wednesday’s vote of 104-10 extends the statute ...

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A supervisor in a North Carolina sheriff’s office addressed a biracial deputy with a racial slur multiple times, called him “monkey boy,” mocked him for his hair and pointed a gun at his head at least eight times, according to ...

Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case. Steven B. Epstein. Black Lyon Publishing. 360 pages. $19.95. It remains to this day one of the most notorious murders and trials in North Carolina history—the gruesome ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Federal agents say they’ve mopped up a theft ring involving 21 co-conspirators, responsible for stealing a precious commodity: $3.9 million worth of used cooking oil known as “yellow grease.” A federal indictment unsealed on June 20 says the ...