Yesterday, I noted that the John Edwards jury had been deliberating for nine days. Apparently, nine days was long enough. As the News and Observer notes here, the jurors reported “that they were hopelessly divided on five of the six charges . . . but in unanimous agreement that [Edwards] was not guilty on one count.” Edwards could be retried on the five unresolved counts, but word on the street is that the Department of Justice isn’t interested. In other news: 1. The State Bar has filed a complaint against Durham’s elected district attorney, Tracey Cline. The News and Observer has this story, noting that the complaint focuses mainly on Cline’s statements regarding Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson. 2. Summer’s here, and for many people, that means summer vacation. The Justices of the Supreme Court are exceptionally hardworking, however, and so will be using the summer recess to work second jobs, typically teaching law school summer sessions. They sound like pretty grueling gigs, according to this AP story, which reveals that Chief Justice Roberts will be teaching a course for the South Texas College of Law (the course is held in Malta); Justice Scalia will be teaching for Texas’s St. Mary’s University (the course is held in Innsbruck); Justice Alito will be teaching for Penn State (the course is held in Florence); and that Justice Ginsburg will add a North Carolina connection, teaching for Wake Forest (at courses held in Venice and Vienna). 3. A couple of interesting sex-offender-related stories turned [...]
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