On September 12, it will be three years since a local Lexington resident had a clemency petition filed by Attorney Jamie Lau from Duke University’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic - and he’s still waiting on an answer.
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LSHS student awarded unique Charles McNeair scholarship
For Lexington High School senior Cristian Hoffman, education hasn’t just been a path—it’s been a lifeline. And this week, it became something more: a bridge between the past and future hope.
Op-Ed: Local advocate expresses disappointment with Governor Cooper
As a citizen of North Carolina, and an advocate for Charles McNeair who was awaiting clemency, I was extremely confused and shocked because it was my belief Governor Cooper was a man who valued justice and cared about those incarcerated in NC Prisons.
The Assembly: Behind bars but on the move
For most of the last five years, Charles McNeair was home—or at least, close to it—in the Davidson Correctional Center. He’d grown up in Lexington and was arrested there in 1979 for a crime he says he didn’t commit.