The cheapest part of executing a prisoner is the killing itself. The state’s procedure of lethal injection costs about $500: $168 in medicine and syringes, plus roughly $340 for the doctor, who is present for three to four hours, according to the N.C. Department of Correction. (See details at end of story.) Yet court fees […]
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Live: Costello goes country for Cary
Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary Sunday, June 14 Quick: What do Loretta Lynn, The Velvet Underground, The Grateful Dead and the Anthology of American Folk Music have in common? Sunday night in Cary, Elvis Costello gave them all the cover treatment during a 30-song tour de force with his new all-star […]
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N.C. Senate passes Jordan Lake Rules
Update (6/19/09): The House chamber will vote on Monday, June 22, whether to approve the Senate’s technical changes to HB 239–the final vote required before the bill is presented to the Governor for approval. The House previously voted 106-8 to approve a similar version of the bill. Today, the N.C. Senate approved House Bill 239 […]
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Jordan Lake developers sue Durham County over 751 Assemblage
Southern Durham Development, the company seeking to develop 164 acres of land near Jordan Lake into a massive, mixed-use project, has sued Durham County for “wrongful intentional and grossly negligent actions relating to plaintiff and its real property.” The lawsuit seeks compensation for damages, and for county decisions to be “declared invalid,” in regards to […]
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District attorneys disagree on Racial Justice Act
The House Committee on Ways and Means and Broadband Connectivity on Monday narrowly approved the Racial Justice Act, which would prohibit the execution of defendants who can prove race was an underlying factor in the decision to seek, or impose, the death penalty at the time of their trial. Instead, they would receive life without […]
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Live: Look, PJ, Interstate 95 is long
PJ Harvey and John Parish Friday, June 5 Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. ‘Can I tell you something?” P.J Harvey, the indie-blues songstress from Dorset, England, crouched onstage at the stately Warner Theatre in D.C. Her long, black dress, hanging loose from her shoulders, gathered in folds behind a row of distortion pedals. ‘Can I tell […]
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Planning Commission protests would-be Jordan Lake developers’ ‘chilling effect’ on Durham
Durham City-County Planning Commission Chair George Brine recused himself from discussion over a developer-funded survey of Jordan Lake tonight, saying the board’s deliberation on the matter “should not be clouded by my alleged impartiality, or lack thereof.” Meanwhile, the citizen advisory board delayed consideration of changes to the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance, based […]
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Jordan Lake Rules headed to Senate floor
Update: HB 239 is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate on Wednesday, June 10, at 3 p.m. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources has approved a bill that would clear the way for a state-mandated program to clean up Jordan Lake, a critical drinking-water source that has been on EPA’s […]
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Update: Planning Commission chair plans to sit out Jordan Lake hearing
Durham City-County Planning Commission Chair George Brine has told the Indy he plans to sit out tonight’s public hearing on Jordan Lake’s critical watershed boundary, “unless the attorneys tell me otherwise.” The commission is scheduled to recommend whether to incorporate changes resulting from a developer-funded survey of Jordan Lake into the city and county’s Comprehensive […]
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Racial Justice Act clears House Ways and Means Committee
Today the House Committee on Ways and Means and Broadband Connectivity narrowly approved the Racial Justice Act (SB 461), which would prevent the execution of defendants who can prove race was an underlying factor in the decision to seek, or impose, the death penalty at the time of their trial. The bill, which passed 7-5, […]
