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 | Jul 27, 2013 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
When a reporter from North Carolina’s WRAL-TV sat down with Daniel Green in 1998, five years had passed since authorities had found the body of basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s father, and three years had passed since Green and another man were... 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... by Michelle Sparrow | Apr 20, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Drunk Driving
The results of a drunk driving accident are never good. But when such an accident results in the loss of a life it’s truly a tragedy. This was the case in 1996 when a North Carolina man killed two people while driving. He had been drinking alcohol and was taking... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 21, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
After more than seven days of testimony, a jury deliberated for a few hours before coming back with a guilty verdict in a high-profile North Carolina murder case. The defendant will spend the rest of his life in prison for his part in the death of a Chapel Hill...