by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 27, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The North Carolina crime lab is making news again, but this time it is for identifying matching strands of tinsel. Specifically, the tinsel appears to tie a murder suspect to the location at which the body of his stepmother was found. The State Bureau of Investigation... 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 | Sep 18, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A former North Carolina teacher has not yet decided whether she’ll return to teaching after resigning earlier this year. She gave up the job, which she’d performed so well that she was named her school’s 2012-13 Teacher of the Year, because she was... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 30, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Another North Carolina man’s fate is turning on the complex application of the state’s changing laws. The situation arises from an assault for which the man was convicted approximately 22 years ago. Unfortunately, the victim’s death many years later... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 29, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Today we bring you another story of a North Carolina man held in prison too long, but for a different reason. Amazingly, after 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, the man says that he does not hold grudges. He has chosen a positive path, including... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 28, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
North Carolina’s sentencing laws became significantly stricter in 1994. Before then, people convicted of serious crimes such as murder could lower their sentences with good behavior. Life sentences could last no longer than 80 years, and then some prison...