by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 10, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A jury sat in a Wake County courtroom earlier this week watching a videotaped interrogation. A Knightdale police officer and a North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agent were asking a suspect about his involvement in a January 2010 homicide. The... by Michelle Sparrow | May 17, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
North Carolina’s Innocence Inquiry Commission was created to address inmates’ claims that they had been wrongfully convicted. While the commission’s process — if not its very existence — has come under fire, the media has highlighted... by Michelle Sparrow | May 12, 2012 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A documentary about police interview procedures garnered new interest recently. The defendant in the case at the film’s center heard last month that his murder conviction was upheld by an appellate court. The case was not in North Carolina, but the subject of...