by Drago Bratic | Jul 3, 2017 | News
April 20, 2017 from the News & Observer Attorneys for convicted murderer Mark Carver say the case that led to his 2011 conviction for strangling a UNC Charlotte student already hung by its fingertips – and a disputed thread of DNA. Based on a judge’s ruling...
by Drago Bratic | Jul 3, 2017 | News
April 10, 2017 from WECT A man who was released from prison in August 2016 after spending nearly three decades behind bars in a 1988 murder in Wilmington has filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against the officers who investigated the case and the City of...
by Drago Bratic | Jul 3, 2017 | News
December 13, 2016 from StarNews Online A man who was released from prison in August after spending nearly three decades behind bars in a 1988 Wilmington killing sent a formal request this week to Gov. Pat McCrory asking for a pardon. In August, following a weeklong...
by Drago Bratic | Jul 3, 2017 | News
April 27, 2017 from the News & Observer Seven years ago, Greg Taylor was freed from prison after spending over seventeen years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Had it not been for the efforts of a determined lawyer, Chris Mumma of the N.C. Center on...
by Drago Bratic | Jul 3, 2017 | News
April 27, 2017 from WECT Joseph Sledge spent 37 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In 1977, he was convicted of the brutal murders of Josephine and Aileen Davis, a mother and daughter who were stabbed to death during an apparent robbery and sexual...