I’ve been busy with New Prosecutors’ School this week. As always, it has been humbling and inspiring. But the world didn’t stop turning. Here are some of the week’s top stories: The General Assembly takes on juvenile law. The News and Observer reports here that the legislature is considering a bill that would require judges to transfer Class B1 through D felony cases involving juveniles age 13 or over to superior court upon the State’s motion. Transfer is currently mandatory – even without the State’s request – for Class A felonies, but discretionary for other felonies. The bill is H 217. Meanwhile, the legislature is also considering H 725, which would increase the juvenile age to 18, but only for misdemeanors. Acquittal in internet sweepstakes case. The first trial under G.S. 14-306.4, the video sweepstakes law, has resulted in an acquittal. Apparently, the defense was that the sweepstakes in question used a pre-reveal system and so was not conducted through an entertaining display. The News and Observer has the story here. Amnesty international death penalty report. Amnesty International, an anti-death penalty group, publishes an annual report on the death penalty around the world. The 2012 report is here. Regardless of your point of view on capital punishment, the report contains lots of interesting raw data, including the number of countries carrying out executions (at least 21) and the number of executions worldwide (at least 682, not counting the likely thousands of executions carried out in China). Both numbers are about the [...]
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