by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 26, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The death penalty has equally passionate arguments on both sides. Because of this, the history of the death penalty in the United States — not to mention here in North Carolina — has been turbulent. A law professor has released a new book about the death... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 11, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The bill that would repeal North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act has not made it out of committee in the House of Representatives, but the bill’s authors are confident that it will pass and be signed during this session. Opponents of the Racial Justice Act... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 4, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Senate Bill 306 passed the North Carolina Senate and headed to the House this week, moving the state closer to a full repeal of the Racial Justice Act and a return to executing death row inmates. The Racial Justice Act has been under fire at the General Assembly since... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 2, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Efforts to keep the Racial Justice Act intact failed this year. Just two days after Gov. Bev Perdue vetoed SB 416, the senate and the house voted to override her veto. The amendments are now law, and the battle against racial prejudice in North Carolina’s... by Michelle Sparrow | Jun 6, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Following more than two weeks of often grisly and occasionally shocking testimony, the trial of the 32-year-old man accused of killing a woman best known as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education entered its last phase. The jury announced late Friday...