Tomorrow's a UNC holiday, so I'm rounding up the week's news a day early. 1. Professor Matthew Robinson of Appalachian State University released a new death penalty study this week, and held a press conference in Raleigh to announce it. According to this Winston-Salem Journal article, Professor Robinson "analyzed data from more than 20 studies on the death penalty" and found that they "were remarkably consistent in their conclusions — that the death penalty doesn't deter crime, is racially biased and has led to people being wrongfully convicted." It doesn't appear that Professor Robinson gathered any new data, but perhaps the report will be of interest to some because it collects and summarizes several sources of information in one place. 2. I noted two weeks ago that Crystal Mangum, who falsely accused several Duke lacrosse players of rape, and later was convicted of child abuse and other charges arising out of a spat with a boyfriend, was facing assault charges after allegedly stabbing another boyfriend. Unfortunately, the most recent victim has died, and Ms. Mangum has now been charged with murder. 3. A couple of School of Government-related news items. First, an overactive spam filter has caused us intermittent trouble over the past few weeks receiving email from nccourts.org email addresses. We think the problem has been fixed, but if any of us have failed to respond to an email recently, we may never have received it. Feel free to try again, with our apologies for any inconvenience. Second, the indigent [...]
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