Executive Summary North Carolina has thousands of crimes scattered across untold pages of statutes, regulations, and ordinances. Many of these crimes are duplicative, unconstitutional, or outright silly. This labyrinth of…
For centuries, it was a universally accepted principle of Anglo-American law that a criminal conviction requires proof, not only of a wrongful act—which lawyers call the “actus reus”—but also of…
In a previous Legal Update, I complained about how President Obama’s opposition to mens rea reform led him to oppose, and ultimately scuttle, other important criminal justice reforms at the…
Well, that will teach me to say something nice about a bureaucrat… it seems that Heath Morrison may have been forced out as CMS superintendent. Or at least, apparently, resigned…
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Superintendent Heath Morrison unexpectedly resigned yesterday. Morrison said that he is leaving CMS to care for his ailing mother who lives in Williamsburg, VA. I wish him…
N&R coverage; prosecutors drop charges against former UNCG employees Chris English, David Wilson and Lyda Carpen. Assistant Guilford County District Attorney Howard Neumann said: what happened in court Thursday isn’t…
It’s hard not to become cynical when GAO reports like this one illustrate how hard-earned tax dollars are being used and abused. The Washington Examiner reports: The federal government has…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed this morning a lower-court ruling that the N.C. Highway Patrol could fire Trooper Monty Poarch for “unacceptable personal…
The Federal Times reports that Jeff Neely, the guy who directed the gross misuse of hard-earned tax dollars at the GSA, retired this week. Retired? In the private sector, he…
Or. Do we have any clue of how many other former county employees have been paid secret hush money by Jones? 5? 10? 50? 100? If you are a county…
Gov. Perdue has dispatched computer specialists to investigate the Employment Security Commission’s computer system and why and how there have been major-league problems. The most recent one is the $28…
Hillsborough Town Manager Eric Peterson is stunned by news of unprofessional and unethical behavior by town employees. The Herald-Sun reports Peterson is calling the incident — which has resulted in…