If you've been accused of a sex offense or rape it's crucial that you talk to a criminal lawyer in Raleigh, Cary or Apex. The reason is that sex offenses and rapes are very serious crimes. At the most serious, they're B1 felonies, which means up to life in prison. The second reason is ...
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Introduction to North Carolina Sex Offenses
Sex Offenses in North Carolina are punished harshly. In addition, North Carolina has a sex offender registry, which requires that those convicted of "sexually violent offenses" register for at least 10 years as a sex offender, do not live within 1,000 feet of a school, and abide by other restrictive regulations.I explain ...
Child molestation charges, and an overdue dismissal…
Investigative reporter Radley Balko writes about Bernard Baran, a man convicted in the 1980s of child molestation charges. In 2006 he was released on bond after an appeals court ruled that his trial attorney had been incompetent and that the prosecution withheld exculpatory evidence. The problem with child molestation charges is that they're difficult to ...