The New Hanover County courthouse was closed yesterday to deal with "bedbugs . . . discovered by court personnel," the News and Observer reports here. Yuck. In other news: 1. The General Statues posted on the General Assembly's website are now current though January 5, 2012, so they're essentially completely up to date. They're certainly more current than the "red book," as Shea noted here. 2. The front page of the News and Observer today featured a story about the lack of interpreters in North Carolina courts. The first few paragraphs capture the gist: "A federal investigation has found the North Carolina court system is violating the rights of people who speak little or no English by failing to provide sufficient interpreters. The U.S. Department of Justice found that, as a result, limited English speakers charged with crimes have had to spend additional time in jail when interpreters couldn't be found. Others have possibly lost custody of their children. Federal officials say they could file suit against the state if the problems aren't corrected; they also noted that the state's courts have received millions in federal dollars that require compliance with civil rights laws. Officials with the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts said they were disappointed in the Justice Department's findings, but added that they had limited money for interpreters and felt the examples cited in the 18-page federal report were isolated cases." The full story is here, and the report itself is here. The report came with a strongly [...]
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