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Six defendants were tried, convicted and sentenced in secret, which, as the American Civil Liberties Union noted, violated their Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.
By Patrick O'Neill | 9 Jan 2008

"Blessed are you, and blessed is the breadwinner sitting in his SUV with outsourced dreams in a traffic jam from Christmas hell."
By Patrick O'Neill | 5 Dec 2007

"They need to know that homeless people are loved too," Cindy Boyce said.
By Patrick O'Neill | 3 Oct 2007

Plus: FLOC takes on R.J. Reynolds; New Justice Theater Project play
By Patrick O'Neill | 29 Aug 2007

Anti-immigrant sentiment may be rising, but at Raleigh's Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, support for a compassionate immigration policy has left the pews and entered the halls of government.
By Patrick O'Neill | 27 Jun 2007

Barbara Zelter of the N.C. Council of Churches says all 16 of the council's member denominations have formally backed the Justice at Smithfield campaign since 2003.
By Patrick O'Neill | 9 May 2007

When he was installed as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh last year, Catholic progressives wondered what kind of ally they might have in Bishop Michael Burbidge.
By Patrick O'Neill | 4 Apr 2007

Steve Snipes was singing on the West Jones Street sidewalk; he couldn't stop smiling.
By Patrick O'Neill | 28 Feb 2007

During his homily on Friday, Jan. 26, the Rev. Robert T. Schriber, of Garner's St. Mary Mother of the Church, said he came to mass with "a light heart" because the execution of Marcus Reymond Robinson did not happen earlier that morning.
By Patrick O'Neill | 31 Jan 2007

John Gibney always wished his son, Mark, would attend Sunday mass.
By Patrick O'Neill | 27 Dec 2006

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