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Rep. Marcia Morey debates legislation in August 2023. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

At a February meeting of the Joint Justice and Public Safety Commission, a key lobbyist for the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys was blunt about the organization’s position on landmark juvenile justice legislation passed several years ago. […]

Anne Blythe, a former reporter for The News & Observer, has reported on courts, criminal justice, and an array of topics in North Carolina for more than three decades.

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.