The sound of metal leg cuffs pierced the hum of shuffled papers and creaky benches as Juan Gomez entered Courtroom 5A. For the half-hour Gomez…
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In December, Alexander Bishop’s defense attorney Allyn Sharp made a highly unusual move: she asked the judge to hold prosecutors in contempt of the court,…
In the early morning on Dec. 13, 2018, a Duke student was sitting in her apartment’s common room in the university’s Central Campus. She was…
When you walk into the square gray box that is the Durham County courthouse, you find yourself in a sterile administrative wasteland of brownish stone…
It starts when the emergency room door opens. A victim walks in. She may have been sexually assaulted an hour ago or a day ago,…
Video cameras captured two scenes from the convenience store on Alston Avenue in East Durham on the night of Jan. 9, 2018. In one, a…
A gunshot goes off. In many neighborhoods, no one calls the police. But in more than 100 cities, the sound is picked up by audio…
Two defendants pleaded guilty to DWI charges before Judge Amanda Maris. One walked out of the courtroom, and the other went to prison after Judge…
Two New York men were charged with attempted larceny from four Home Depot stores after more than $20,000 in merchandise was found in their minivan…
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…