by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 16, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
In our last post, we started to tell the story of an assistant medical examiner in Minnesota who claimed the prosecution made specific threats against her after she testified for the defense. The larger context is a nation-wide issue with state-run forensic science... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 12, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Timing is everything. The Raleigh newspaper that brought the problems at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation crime lab to light recently criticized state officials for not promptly turning over documents requested under the public records law. One of the... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 10, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A 43-year-old Raleigh man is in jail, and his ex-wife may be sleeping a little more easily because of it. The man was arrested by Wake County sheriff’s deputies this week on suspicion of soliciting a jail inmate to murder his ex-wife. The ex-husband was... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 4, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
October is one of the deadliest months on the nation’s highways, and most law enforcement agencies attribute the increase in accidents to Halloween party-goers who get drunk and then get behind the wheel. The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 2, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Drug Crimes
The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to make temporary changes to federal sentencing guidelines last week. The amendments, which were part of the Fair Sentencing Act passed by Congress this summer, go into effect in federal courts this week. Congress proposed the...