The Crime Report
JUNE 7, 2021
District attorneys around the country are deeply involved in lobbying for tough criminal justice legislation, but the minority of prosecutors who push for reform measures exert a powerful influence on state legislators, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Law School.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
“They are also primarily responsible for determining who stays in jail and who can be released back to their communities while awaiting trial, and they wield unmatched influence in determining the kind of criminal laws and penalties enacted by state legislatures.”. Satana DeBerry.
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The Crime Report
MAY 28, 2021
immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.
The Crime Report
MAY 19, 2022
The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission , created after a high-profile case of prosecutorial misconduct in 2006, has since helped secure 15 exonerations. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Loyola University in Chicago. Elizabeth Webster, Ph.D.,
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Even after the allegation was shown to be a hoax, former North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper took the easy way out and declined to charge Mangum despite her ruining the lives of these students. Nifong was later disbarred for his misconduct, including withholding exculpatory evidence.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 21, 2021
Likewise, the University of North Carolina recently offered an academic chair in Journalism to New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones. Columbia Journalism Dean and New Yorker writer Steve Coll has denounced how the First Amendment right to freedom of speech was being “weaponized” to protect disinformation.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 20, 2021
We recently discussed the case of University of North Carolina law student Sagar Sharma, a student of color, who faced a recall election as the first-year class co-president. For example, in reviewing a criminal law (which is admittedly raises a more heightened concern), the Court in C onnally v.
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