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Clark uses a “day in the life” description of proceedings in Guilford County Courthouse and landmark cases such as Jones v City of Clanton as illustrations that justice is more likely for those able to pay bail bonds. To further assert that justice is less likely for defendants on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, Clark proposes five reasons for why the bail bond system in North Carolina needs to be reformed. Included in the aspect of his argument that “justice for all” is possible are descriptions of successful pre-trail release programs such as ReEntry, Inc.
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Grine’s assertion that an alternate approach is necessary opens with reasons why eyewitness identification is more likely to be erroneous when race is a factor, whether the identification is occurring during a suspect lineup or in a courtroom jury box. The effectiveness of her solution, jury instruction on cross-racial identification, is bolstered by court cases where racial misidentification yielded a miscarriage of justice.
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Racial identification and court system; Racial misidentification--court cases--North Carolina--Terence Garner; Racial misidentification--court cases--North Carolina--Ronald Cotton; Racial identification and DNA testing; Cross-racial identification and juries ; Cross-racial identification--risk of error--factors
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Judge Tyson’s reflection on North Carolina’s judicial selection, started from the late Colonial period through today, places a greater focus on its history since 1850 and the greatest focus since the 1990s. His reflection includes, to a lesser extent, the judicial selection process as has evolved in North Carolina’s sister states, Virginia and South Carolina.
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Judicial selection--history--North Carolina ; Judicial selection--history--North Carolina--general elections; Judicial selection--history--North Carolina--incumbent judges; Judicial selection--history--North Carolina--Republican party; Judicial selection--history--North Carolina--state Constitution; Judicial selection--history--North Carolina--governors
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Judge Stephens’ recollection of his experience in the legal profession initially focuses on trial lawyers. Over its course, he shifts to other changes introduced in the greater judicial system since he started trying cases in 1970, such as citizens’ participation as jurors and increased time frame for trying medical malpractice lawsuits. His reflection on these changes compels him to use them as evidence for why jury trials need to be streamlined, lest it impact the future of the jury trial and trial lawyer in the United States.
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Court trials--jury trial--history--United States ; Court trials--United States--juries--role; Court trials--United States--history--jury participation; Court trials--medical malpractice lawsuits--United States--history ; Lawyers--North Carolina--history ; Court trials--trial lawyer--history--United States
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Shepard recounted the development of the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism since its inception in the late 1990s. Included in the recount is her examination of the Rules of Conduct, in place a dozen years before the CJCP, its predecessor, the Model Code. Also noted by Sheppard is the role that Watergate and North Carolina’s State Bar played in the legal profession nationally and locally since the 1970s. Her analysis of these elements collectively asserts the need for and benefit of professionalism standards for representatives of the legal profession.
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Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism--history--North Carolina; Rules of Professional Conduct--history--North Carolina ; United States legal profession and Watergate ; Legal profession--history--North Carolina--Kutak Commission; American Bar Association--North Carolina--history ; American Bar Association--United States Legislative Committees--Standing Committee on Professionalism
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Electronic technology’s impact on the legal profession is represented in the authors’ discussion about the debated role of digital currency such as Bitcoin. This side of the debate focuses on negative implications that such forms of currency can have on lawyers’ fulfillment of professional responsibility. Included in their discussion of this debate is information about cryptocurrency in general and legislators from Nebraska and Virginia representing its con camp. This information leads to the authors’ conclusion about the future of cryptocurrency for the representatives of the legal profession, particularly those in the United States.
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