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t t Photo by Cliff Haac, Research Triangle Institute Public Defender System The Verdict Is Out by Stan Swofford Early this year, N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Branch, seeming frustrated and somewhat piqued over the irate letters he was ...
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A lternati ves To Inca rceration By Alan McGregor and Libby Lewis "There has been a tendency to overuse prisons, making. prison the first choice instead of the last choice. By last choice I .mean a-conscious decision made about the, needs of the ...
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WASHINGTON N OTES MARTIN DONSKY Resolving Rights and Representation The 95th Congress passed two resolutions that are bound to appear on the agenda of the North Carolina General Assembly in the coming years. One resolu- tion extended the deadline for ...
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Motor vehicle accidents kill more children than any other single type of accident and far outweigh disease-related causes of deaths. Protecting Children in Cars Will this state pass a law? by Henry Wefing IN SOME DOCTORS' OFFICES and health clinics around ...
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In 1972, the authors of a North Carolina Bar Associa- tion study of the state's training schools wrote that their findings should be received with "indignation, even outrage." The system of training schools for juvenile offenders was "a total ...
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Photo courtesy of Change magazine Jailing Runaways and Truants A Novel Approach to Juvenile Law by Brad Stuart When the controversial juvenile law known as House Bill 456* went into effect one year ago, many judges around the state felt that their ...
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him, but any proposal would have to get past the close scrutiny of lawyer-legislators who are often paid to defend drunk drivers in court. Hardison predicts strong legislative support for a program that would get tougher with drunk drivers - harsher ...
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Courts Split on School Finance Issue by Jody George J n two landmark legal efforts in the early 1970s, parents challenged the funding of school systems near Pasadena, California, and San Antonio, Texas. In Serrano v. Priest, the Cali- fornia Supreme ...
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I N TH E CO UR TS Advisory Opinions: The "Ghosts That Slay" by Katherine White S hould the Supreme Court of North Carolina serve as a sort of hybrid policy advisor to the legislative and executive branches of govern- ment? That's the central question ...