The family of a Limerick businessman brutally beaten to death by his American wife and her father have insisted they retain full faith in the US justice system.
But the family of father-of-two Jason Corbett (39) vowed that, irrespective of the outcome of a Supreme Court appeal by his killers next month, their commitment to seeing justice done will never waver.
The vow came as Molly Martens (37) and her father Tom Martens (70) are due to have an oral appeal hearing dealt with by the North Carolina Supreme Court on January 11.
They secured a shock ruling, by a two-to-one split decision, at North Carolina Court of Appeals last February recommending that their convictions be set aside.
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North Carolina is just beginning to see the impact the Thanksgiving holiday may have had on the state s coronavirus numbers. In a press conference Tuesday, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said that she believes the numbers the state has seen thus far are just the beginning. It is likely the increase in COVID-19 cases reported over the last week reflect those that went to Thanksgiving gatherings already sick. Throughout the next week, the state s numbers will start to reflect those that did not know they were sick with the virus until after attending those holiday gatherings. This week, the state continuously set record numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The case counts, in addition to a positive test rate of 10.5%, prompted Sec. Cohen to urge North Carolinians to consider canceling any remaining travel plans and to keep any gatherings small and outdoors this
Task Force to release findings on more equitable policing
A statewide task force charged with finding solutions for more equitable law enforcement will formally release their findings on Monday.
Officially titled the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, the 25-member group was commissioned by Gov. Roy Cooper to find solutions for prejudicial blind spots within law enforcement.
“…there is a long history of structural inequity and racism in the criminal justice system, underscored by the recent officer-involved deaths of Black people,” reads part of an executive order issued by Cooper to create the task force. “Whereas, communities of color are disproportionately affected throughout the criminal justice system, with national data showing that from the point of arrest through potential conviction and sentencing, members of communities of color are significantly more likely than the white population to not have their murders solved; to be pulled ove
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Voters in a half-dozen states, including some deeply red states, approved measures in November s election that legalized marijuana for either recreational or medical use. Thirty-six states now allow marijuana for medical use, and nearly a third of the population lives in states where marijuana use is legal.
Marijuana is done and dusted for #election2020. maybe one of the only things that is.
Every weed referendum on a ballot passed yesterday.
Even in South Dakota, where they voted to legalize both medical and recreational weed.
The U.S. House followed suit with a landmark vote to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, although its fate is likely doomed in the U.S. Senate.