After having been arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced, confined and then released, a North Carolina man might go back to jail for additional murder charges stemming from the same incident, according to a recent report by WBTV. Nearly 15 years ago, Maurice Lacato Phifer shot John Lewis Southerland. At that time,…
As mentioned in a previous post, the story of the ex-felon hired to work at a café who then allegedly killed a pregnant manager by fatally stabbing her during a robbery continues with new information being released. The newest information demonstrates the need for small businesses to perform background checks,…
According to a recent report on WBTV.com, the crime rate in Charlotte has dropped to its lowest level in more than 20 years. The police department released crime statistics for the year 2011 and they revealed that the homicide rate dropped 6.8% from the previous year. In 2010, there were…
A North Carolina man accused of murdering a pregnant woman has been arrested, according to a report by WCNC.com. The victim was 25-year-old Danielle Marie Watson and she was the manager at a local restaurant, the Flying Biscuit. Police say that Watson was stabbed to death in the kitchen of…
According to a recent report by WCNC, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating a murder-suicide that happened earlier in the month. Police were called to the home of 32-year-old Stephanie Ott to assist the fire department with a forced entry into the home. When the policemen and firefighters successfully entered to the…
WRAL recently reported that a North Carolina jury has found Laurence Lovette, Jr. guilty of murder in the tragic 2008 shooting death of Eve Carson, a UNC Chapel Hill student who was brutally murdered. In the prosecution’s closing argument, they told the victm’s story. She was kidnapped at gunpoint near…
According to the Charlotte Observer, Republican lawmakers recently introduced a bill in the North Carolina legislature that would have brought an end to a two-year death penalty law. The current state of the North Carolina death penalty jurisprudence allows death row inmates to use racial statistics to demonstrate that there…
After a two-year legal battle and nine hours of jury deliberation, Doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop star, Michael Jackson, at the downtown Los Angeles County Courthouse. Murray served as Jackson’s personal physician as he vigorously prepared for his comeback concert. During…
Citing sixteen separate reasons for his case to be overturned, attorneys for Demeatrius Montgomery have filed an appeal almost one year after he was convicted for killing two CMPD officers at the Timber Ridge Apartments in 2007. In an interview with Charlotte News Channel 14 on September 27, 2011, Charlotte…
In a recent interview with WSOC channel 9 news interview, Charlotte criminal defense attorney, J. Bradley “Brad” Smith, was asked to comment on the Racial Justice Act and how it is impacting the death penalty cases that are set to be heard next year in Mecklenburg County. According to the…