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Former Forsyth County DA To Help With Racial Justice Act
Former Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith is helping fight motions filed for more than 150 death row inmates who claim bias played a role in their death sentences.North Hall player commits North Hall tight end/defensive end D.J. Miolen made a verbal commitment Monday to the Air Force Academy, according to Trojans coach Bob Christmas. Miolen made the trip to the Air Force campus last weekend and was ready to commit to the Falcons at the end of his weekend trip.
New WNC high school football coaches struggling CHEROKEE — So you want to be a football coach in Western North Carolina? The welcomes have not been so warm for six coaches in their first year at new schools — the group is a combined 1-10.
Death Penalty Opponents Cite NC Lab Concerns North Carolina's criminal prosecutions are so tainted by racial bias and scientific fraud that the state should consider eliminating the death penalty, innocence advocates said Monday as they filed a brief supporting a death row prisoner's claim of bias.
N.C. DAs get help fighting racial justice motions WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Two retired prosecutors will help district attorneys in North Carolina fight motions filed by death row prisoners under a law that allows the inmates to challenge their sentences based on racial bias.
Critics want end to death penalty RALEIGH
Health Calendar Coming UpKIDNEY SCREEING: KEEP (Kidney Early Evaluation Program) will have screenings for chronic kidney disease from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 26 at High Point City Lake Park, 602 W. Main St. in Jamestown. The screenings are open to the public and free.For more information and to register, call Denise Hockaday at 877-858-3808.
Retired DA Tom Keith To Help Fight Racial Justice Motions Two retired prosecutors will help district attorneys in North Carolina fight motions filed by death row prisoners under a law that allows the inmates to challenge their sentences based on racial bias.
July unemployment down in Wilmington metro Submitted by Scott Pickey on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:59am. READ MORE: RALEIGH (NEWS RELEASE) — Unemployment rates decreased in 86 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in July, according to statistics released today by the state’s Employment Security Commission.
Unemployment rate in Pitt drops to 9.8 percent in July Pitt County’s unemployment rate fell to 9.8 percent in July, following the trend of most the state’s 100 counties. The rate for the Greenville Metropolitan Statistical area, which includes Pitt and Greene counties, fell to 9.9 percent.