In Durham County Courtroom 7C recently, prosecutor Mary Jude Darrow scans a docket of first appearances, bond hearings, and probation violations. Outside, a pair of…
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The trouble started when Hillside High School student Logan Lewis hopped off the stage and into the audience wielding a fake handgun. Gunshots sounded, and…
In this latest Reflections podcast, Lilly Clark talks about how the news media’s coverage of the courts system sometimes does more harm than good.…
In Vance County on a recent Tuesday, a bail bondsman faced off against the school board attorney: $15,000 was at stake. Two eldery bailiffs manned…
Two women come before a judge seeking domestic violence protection orders. In one case, a woman alleges that her abuser is trying to get possession…
The murder victim’s mother rushes out of the bond hearing in tears. Marion Bailey hurries out after her. Bailey, a 74-year-old retiree wearing a bright…
Without an incumbent or primary results to signal a frontrunner, the Ward III Durham City Council race is the one to watch in the upcoming…
It’s the fourth week of school and I’m crying in my editor’s well-lit office. It’s nothing serious — I cry frustratingly easily, often about things…
In the Durham County Courthouse, a courtroom is a place for trials, arguments and rulings. It’s where attorneys lose cases and defendants receive jail time,…
Michael Ray Johnson, 34, has been waiting in jail for more than 200 days. Three years have passed since he broke into a woman’s home…