Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about shoddy reporting from a major legacy media outlet. The Associated Press says “Public executions are not uncommon in Iran.” The watchdog…
Billionaire George Soros is defending his support of the soft-on-crime prosecutors he helped elect throughout the country, which many believe has led to a massive spike in crime. At 91-years-old,…
After splitting along party lines just twice in their first six months together, the current lineup of the N.C. Supreme Court has produced four more 4-3 partisan splits today. Democrats…
The N.C. Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that a prisoner who used the Racial Justice Act to escape death row is exempt from that act’s repeal. The prisoner, convicted murderer…
Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court’s divisions on the future of the death penalty. Pointed divisions within the Supreme Court over capital punishment reemerged…
At least two lawmakers think so, according to a recent WRAL report: Two days after prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty against four inmates charged in a failed…
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online critiques recent actions from Pope Francis. Unpopular though it may be to say so, I, for one, grew exhausted by the…
JLF’s Becki Gray discusses why voters should view this election season in the context of freedom versus government intervention. It is excellent food for thought as we each begin our…
North Carolina has not executed a death row inmate since 2006, largely because of a de facto moratorium on carrying out the death penalty. Sen. Thom Goolsby, R-New Hanover, has…
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has vetoed the bill that sought to tighten up the Racial Justice Act. The bill, however, passed both chambers of the General Assembly by veto-proof margins,…
Looks like this may be the final week of the 2011-12 legislative session. There are thirty-four bills on the governor’s desk awaiting her signature, veto, or inaction (which after 10…
Right now, one of my kids has strep, which the doctor says is highly contagious. We’re trying to contain it so it doesn’t spread and make us all sick. Those who…