by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 28, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
In the shadow of an execution that became an international cause, a three-judge panel in North Carolina found two inmates innocent of a crime they had been imprisoned for 10 years ago. They had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2000 but maintained their... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 8, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The month-long trial of the man who admitted to killing eight people in a North Carolina nursing home came to an end this past weekend. The jury found the defendant guilty of eight counts of second-degree murder as well as weapons and firearms crimes. The panel... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 25, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission has decided to send the case of two inmates to a judicial panel in September. The two men have been in prison since they entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder charges related to a home invasion 11 years ago. In... by Michelle Sparrow | Feb 24, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The Wake County trial of a doctor involved in a fatal crash has grabbed local headlines. The charges of driving while impaired and second-degree murder are based on police allegations that the defendant’s blood alcohol content was nearly twice the 0.08 limit and... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 2, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
In August of 2009, a Raleigh man slowed his Jeep Cherokee to make a left turn. Another car, driven by a 34-year-old Louisburg man, smashed into the Jeep and left. The police caught up with him a short time later and put him under arrest. He was drunk, and now he was...