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NCPLS and ACLU file class action challenging the state's use of solitary confinement
October 16, 2019
NCPLS and the ACLU of North Carolina have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the state's use of solitary confinement inflicts "cruel or unusual punishment" prohibited by the North Carolina Constitution.
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making a case against sentencing juveniles to life without parole
Februrary 11, 2019
North Carolina should abolish the sentence of juvenile life without parole and replace it with a more humane and cost-effective sentence that allows for a review after a reasonable period of time, according to a report released Feb. 11 by the JustScience Lab at Duke University.
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Teen with IQ of 66 went to jail for murder in 1997. New evidence means he’ll get a new trial
December 17, 2018
In 1996, police interviewed a 14-year-old boy with an IQ estimated at 66, questioning him about a cab driver beaten to death in the Sanford streets.
New evidence suggests a different set of Sanford youths attacked the victim, records said, offering testimony that might have cleared Reid at the time.
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