UNC Law holds mock AI jury
In the real-life case, the result was the opposite. Justus was found guilty, and the verdict was upheld by the NC Court of Appeals.
After a brief question and one comment, the motion was promptly approved by the majority of the chamber.
Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are quickly pushing legislation forward to crack down on criminals who wear masks in public. While they claim that the legislation wouldn’t criminalize the wearing of masks in public for common-sense health reasons, the language ultimately revokes health and safety exemptions, a concern expressed by legal experts at the John Locke Foundation.
State legislators are working to reinstitute a law prohibiting the wearing of face masks in public as a way to hide a criminal’s identity amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses across North Carolina.
Two recent cases offer clues about how Democratic and Republican N.C. Supreme Court justices approach cases involving convicted criminals.
The state Supreme Court's Democrats open the door for more criminals to challenge their convictions.