RALEIGH (AP) — The state Supreme Court agreed on Friday it was appropriate to overturn the conviction of a man who strongly criticized a western North Carolina local prosecutor, citing First Amendment protections. Still, justices ordered a new trial be ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A former North Carolina district attorney who admitted a scheme where he and another prosecutor hired each other’s wives to skirt ethics rules now has his law license back. State Bar records show Craig Blitzer’s license was ...

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  A prosecutor’s assertion that a man accused of two brutal murders was “evil” and that the expert witnesses who testified on his behalf were “hacks” didn’t taint his right to a fair trial, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A former North Carolina district attorney has effectively been sentenced to self-imposed penalties in a scheme where he and another prosecutor hired each other’s wives to skirt ethics rules. The News & Record of Greensboro reports former Rockingham County ...

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WENTWORTH (AP) The group representing North Carolina’s district attorneys will review 16 cases from one county where legal and ethical problems have been found in eight cases handled by a former prosecutor. Interim District Attorney Jason Ramey in Rockingham County said ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal jury in North Carolina has convicted a prisoner of directing a botched kidnapping attempt from his prison cell, in an incident where the kidnappers mistakenly grabbed the father of a prosecutor. A release from ...

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