PROBATION SYSTEM IN CRISIS
Documents and interviews show that state probation chief Robert Lee Guy had known, at least since 2004, about shoddy work in Wake County that could threaten public safety.
Audio slide show: The N&O investigates the system.
Carson suspect faced wrong charges
Laurence Alvin Lovette might have still been in jail when two area college students were killed if Durham police had filed the appropriate charges against him after a November break-in, according to a report from City Manager Patrick Baker.
N&O seeks release of Carson autopsy report
The News & Observer has filed a motion to unseal Eve Carson's autopsy report.
State long aware of Wake's trouble with probation
Documents and interviews show that state probation chief Robert Lee Guy had known, at least since 2004, about shoddy work in Wake County that could threaten public safety.
Agony drags on in killing
Sheehan:The slaying victim is a beautiful student body president. The two accused have criminal histories, one of them charged in another recent killing.
District judge's resignation a surprise
Craig Brown had been criticized for actions, including remarks after the Eve Carson killing.
Judges protective of Carson details
The local legal system has taken additional steps to keep details of the Eve Carson case out of the media.
Probation revoked for suspect in Carson case
A judge in Wake County Superior Court orders Demario Atwater to serve a 20-to-35-month term in a case that has exposed problems in the probation system..
AG calls for better tracking of probationers
State Attorney General Roy Cooper has called for a system that would let police know immediately if crime suspects already are on probation for other offenses.
Documents sealed for now
Disclosing warrants in the murder of Eve Carson would be perilous, a judge rules.
More info sealed in Carson killing
Letter kept secret; media seek warrants.
Concert to benefit Carson memorial
Triangle Briefs: Heels4Hire, a Triangle service company, and Kappa Sigma fraternity at UNC-Chapel Hill will sponsor a benefit concert Tuesday at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro.
Carson possibly alive when ATM card was used
About an hour after the ATM camera photographed Laurence Lovette, police received a report of gunshots. They found Eve Carson minutes later lying in the street in Chapel Hill.
Prisons chief: Probation system needs review
The state correction secretary seeks an outside evaluation, citing recent lapses.
Probation head seeks time to fix troubles
Director meets with Durham officials and acknowledges problems while also calling for help getting resources.
Durham presses hard on Lovette
Laurence Alvin Lovette, 17, will face a murder charge in Abhijit Mahato's death, even though he might not have fired the fatal shot.
Lawyer seeking to limit pretrial information in Lovette case
The lawyer representing the teen charged with slaying a Duke University graduate student wants tight controls on who gets details of the police investigation.
He's part cop and part social worker
Probation officer's job thankless, frustrating.
Court system failed to curb Lovette
Officials failed to rein in Laurence Alvin Lovette despite a history of juvenile and adult arrests that paints a pattern of escalating criminal behavior, according to court and police records.
Chain of failures found in probation cases
Veteran administrators from the state Division of Community Corrections will temporarily take the reins in Wake, and comb through cases there and in Durham.
Probation report due in Carson case
Robert Guy, director of the state Division of Community Corrections, is scheduled today to release the findings of an internal investigation into the probation cases of the two men charged with killing Eve Carson.
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