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Tonya Davis Barber Appointed to the Commission on Indigent Defense Services

Nine Orange County incumbents running unopposed in May primary election

Nine Orange County incumbents running unopposed in May primary election
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Dorothy Hairston Mitchell Appointed as Chair of the North Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense

NC must end child marriage; it is never in a minor s best interest

As a young attorney fresh out of law school, I was looking for ways to get experience and to serve vulnerable youth and promote stable families, something that would end up being my life’s passion. While in law school I never imagined I would end up practicing in this area, but I quickly became devoted to involving myself in matters where I could make a difference. When I signed up to be a guardian ad litem for minors who seek to marry in North Carolina, I did not know what to expect. Looking back, with the knowledge I have now about the coercive circumstances many minors who seek to marry are facing, their perceived lack of other options for safety, support or independence, and the devastating lifelong consequences, I wish I had been given more guidance, more time, and more information. If I had, I think some things may have turned out differently.

North Carolina sends 6-year-olds to court Why some say it s time for change

The 6-year-old dangled his legs above the floor as he sat at the table with his defense attorney, before a North Carolina judge. He was accused of picking a tulip from a yard at his bus stop, his attorney Julie Boyer said, and he was on trial in juvenile court for injury to real property. The boy s attention span was too short to follow the proceedings, Boyer said, so she handed him crayons and a coloring book. I asked him to color a picture, she said, so he did. He didn t know it, but no matter what the judge decided, the experience could change the boy s life, experts say, from how he sees the court system to increasing his chance of getting into trouble again and being sent to alternative school.

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