Record #:

22514

Author(s):

John H. Tucker

Abstract:

Citing police and prosecutor misconduct, attorneys Theresa Newman and Jamie Lau of the Duke Wrongful Convictions Clinic may be able to vindicate Derrick McRae, a mentally-ill black man, of a murder committed in Rockingham, NC in 1995.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 1, January 2015, p7-17, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Criminal justice--Fairness of; Racial profiling--Alamance County; Court trials--Motions for appropriate relief; Courts--North Carolina; Police-misconduct; Prosecution-misconduct; Court cases