At the witness stand, Andrea Arnold hesitated as she figured out which hand to place on the Bible and which to raise. Wearing a cheetah…
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The bailiff rolled Sterling Whitted into Courtroom 7D in a wheelchair Monday morning. He looked around with wide eyes through his thick, plastic glasses. His…
Courtroom 4D ran a bit like a zoo. The electric candy-pop of someone’s phone accented the hum of whispers, laughs, and shuffling that was so…
By Ben Leonard and Kristi Sturgill In a stunning blow to prosecutors, a Durham judge ruled Monday that much of the evidence in the Alexander…
On any given Wednesday in District Court, Judge Amanda Maris settles into her high-backed chair and begins to read names. “Todd Burgess,” she calls out…
By Ben Leonard, Erin Williams and Swathi Ramprasad The second day of a hearing in the case of Alexander Bishop, a 17-year-old boy accused of…
Correction: This story has been updated. An earlier version incorrectly said that Bishop said in his 911 call that he found his father on the…
This fall, The 9th Street Journal is going to court. We’ve launched a special project to cover the Durham courthouse. We’ll be reporting on cases…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information about Smoot being charged. Durham police arrested a security guard in connection with a shooting…