Record #:

28431

Author(s):

Tucker, John H.

Abstract:

As overpopulated prisons have sapped government budgets, there has been a push to make sentencing reforms retroactive. Cumberland County native Larry Stubbs is hopeful that this push will mean he will be released from prison after serving life in prison for second-degree burglary. The same crime today carries a maximum sentence of four years. Prison reform and Stubbs’ fight for justice are detailed.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 3, January 2015, p8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Prison sentences; Prison system--North Carolina; Prisoners

Record #:

23268

Author(s):

Tucker, John H.

Abstract:

Tucker examines how before 1994, burglary could land a person a life term in prison. Today, the same charge carries a maximum sentence of four years.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 1, January 2015, p8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Prison sentences

Record #:

23964

Author(s):

Tucker, John H.

Abstract:

Two bar patrons were arrested after standing on a sidewalk in Glenwood South, one of Raleigh's essential late-night hubs. The charges were dropped but the men who were arrested took the case to federal court, arguing four police officers targeted them because of their race.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 30, August 2015, p7-8, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Arrests; Raleigh; Raleigh--Police Department

Record #:

23203

Author(s):

Tucker, John H.

Abstract:

State lawmakers wish to give more power to the Civilian Police Review Board, which serves to review police oversight and complaints against officers.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 12, March 2015, p8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Police

Record #:

22261

Author(s):

Tucker, John H.

Abstract:

In NC teenagers who commit murder receive a mandatory life sentence. However, in 2012 the US Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that juveniles may no longer receive automatic life sentences. "Instead they must receive individualized sentencing hearings. The ruling did not abolish life without parole; it abolished mandatory life without parole." The NC Supreme Court will hear cases in the coming weeks "to determine whether trial judges must retroactively consider the sentences of juvenile offenders." Tucker discusses how the Court's ruling may affect past offenders.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 18, Apr 2014, p12, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Murder; Mandatory sentencing; Juvenile murderers