/tags/justice-system justice system en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:43:08 GMT /news/2024-04-05/state-prosecutors-ecourts-case-management-system-problems eCourts is meant to replace North Carolina's 1980s-era mainframe and computer-based paper court management system believed by many to be obsolete. However, attorneys and court personnel have complained that eCourts have slowed things down, plus the company that installed the new system is facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged wrongful detentions due to eCourts. Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:43:08 GMT /news/2024-04-05/state-prosecutors-ecourts-case-management-system-problems Rusty Jacobs /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2022-05-27/pandemic-pending-charges-justice-activism-protest-george-floyed-2020-2022-north-carolina-advocate-racial Many activists arrested in 2020 while protesting the killing of George Floyd are still waiting to see their day in court. ąĎÉńapp spring intern Nada Merghani looks at the effects those pending charges are having on people in 2022. Fri, 27 May 2022 16:51:31 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2022-05-27/pandemic-pending-charges-justice-activism-protest-george-floyed-2020-2022-north-carolina-advocate-racial Nada Merghani, Kamaya Truitt /news/2022-03-10/gov-cooper-grants-clemency-to-three-who-offended-as-teenagers Cooper signed clemency papers, which take effect March 24, for April Leigh Barber, Joshua Chase McKay and Anthony Kasheen Willis. Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:36:56 GMT /news/2022-03-10/gov-cooper-grants-clemency-to-three-who-offended-as-teenagers Associated Press /law/2020-12-08/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-19-years-wrongfully-imprisoned-meet-darryl-hunt Darryl Hunt served 19 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. The crime committed against him by the state — his wrongful conviction and… Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:59:33 GMT /law/2020-12-08/frank-stasios-fondest-shows-19-years-wrongfully-imprisoned-meet-darryl-hunt Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2017-11-22/backchannel-responding-to-sexual-assault-mudbound-and-freemeek The number of women coming forward with accounts of sexual assault and harassment continues to grow. The recent surge in allegations has put toxic… Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:37:31 GMT /race-demographics/2017-11-22/backchannel-responding-to-sexual-assault-mudbound-and-freemeek Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-22/backchannel-responding-to-sexual-assault-mudbound-and-freemeek The number of women coming forward with accounts of sexual assault and harassment continues to grow. The recent surge in allegations has put toxic… Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:37:31 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-22/backchannel-responding-to-sexual-assault-mudbound-and-freemeek Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio