ACLU: Alamance Sheriff Must End Discrimination Following Lawsuit
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Judge Finds Racial Bias in Three More Death Penalty Cases in North Carolina Under Racial Justice Act
FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Three North Carolina death-row inmates were resentenced to life in prison without parole after a state judge found that racial discrimination in jury selection played a key role in securing their sentences.
Court Finds ‘Choose Life’ License Plate Scheme Unconstitutional
RALEIGH – U.S. District Court Judge James C.
New Law Criminalizing Online Student Speech Takes Effect Dec. 1
RALEIGH – A new state law, the 2012 School Violence Prevention Act, that will be the first in the nation to impose criminal sanctions on public school students who use computers with the “intent to intimidate or torment” school employees will go into effect Dec. 1.
ACLU: Chapel Hill Can’t Use Unenforced Policy to Ban Controversial Ad
CHAPEL HILL–The recent discovery of an approved bus advertising policy that was never put into effect does not give Chapel Hill officials the constitutional authority to ban a controversial advertisement appearing on city buses, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Le
ACLU: U.S. Attorneys Are Prolonging the Incarceration of Wrongly Imprisoned People
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