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Alford Pleas and Sex Offense, Rape, Sex Crimes in Raleigh, Cary, Apex

What happens if you are facing many years in prisonA prison is a facility, operated by the Department of CorrectionsA prison is a facility, operated by the Department of Corrections in North Carolina or the Bureau of PrisonsA prison is a facility, operated by the Department of Corrections in North Carolina or the Bureau of…

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An Introduction to North Carolina Drug Crimes, as handled in Raleigh, Wake County

I’ve got an overview of North Carolina’s drug laws in a section on various North Carolina laws. North Carolina has pretty harsh drug laws, so harsh that people coming from New York City, where similar drug crimes are treated much more leniently, may find themselves facing years and years for the same crime here in…

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Finding the Right Wake County Criminal Defense Attorney

There are a ton of excellent criminal defense attorneys in Raleigh, Cary, and Apex, NC. The Wake County Public DefenderA court appointed lawyer is a lawyer appointed by the Court (sometimes via the Public Defender Office) to represent an individual in court. Only indigent (poor) people qualify for a court appointed lawyer. A public defender

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Can prosecutors be sued?

In November the United States Supreme Court will hear Pottawattamie County et al. v. McGhee et al., a case dating back to 1978 that involves prosecutorial misconduct of the worst kind. The question for the Supreme Court is whether an innocent person wrongly convictedA conviction is a formal finding by a court – either following…

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