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North Carolina Legal News

Closing arguments begin in ex-Senator Edwards' case
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate John Edwards knew campaign finance law well enough to concoct a scheme to try to circumvent the law to hide his mistress, a prosecutor said as he and defense attorneys began closing arguments on Thursday in Edwards' federal trial on political corruption charges. "Mr. Edwards clearly knew the law and decided to violate it to ...

Same-sex marriage ban is in the hands of North Carolina voters
Thousands of North Carolina voters hit the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots on a referendum that would constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, even though state law already does not permit such unions.

N.C. may compensate sterilization victims
The Winston-Salem Journal first revealed North Carolina’s eugenics programs a decade ago.