Every year, more than 90% of all federal and criminal cases are resolved through a plea bargain. In North Carolina this rate is even higher, reaching 95% on average in recent years. In fiscal year 2022, 98% of North Carolina’s criminal cases were resolved by plea deals, underscoring the system’s reliance on negotiated justice…

The 2025 Supreme Court case City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency is a major ruling that cuts back on how much control the EPA has under the Clean Water Act (CWA)…

Today, it is hard to rationalize the 17th-century witch trials because the American legal system has operated with due process for almost two hundred years. “Due process” encompasses many aspects of the judicial system, such as procedural action and constitutional rights, but broadly, it guarantees a fair trial.

Ronnie Long, a resident of Concord, North Carolina, spent 44 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit…