The top story of the week may be that the SBI “and its insurers have agreed to pay $12.475 million to two innocent men who spent a total of 31 years behind bars,” as reported in this News and Observer story. The men in question are Floyd Brown and Greg Taylor. The latter was exonerated by a three-judge panel as a result of proceedings by the Innocence Inquiry Commission. I previously explored some of the legal provisions regarding compensation for the wrongly convicted here. In other news: Moral Monday Deferral Deal? ABC News reports here that Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby has offered almost 1,000 Moral Monday protestors deferred prosecution with dismissal to follow the payment of court costs and 25 hours of community service. Judge Hunter to Retire. Judge Bob Hunter has announced that he will retire from the court of appeals when his term ends in 2014. (Which Judge Bob Hunter on the court of appeals, you ask? That would be “Mountain Bob,” not “City Bob,” who is running for a seat on the state supreme court.) Wake County Superior Court Judge Lucy Inman has announced that she will run for the court of appeals seat. The News and Observer covers the story briefly here. Law School ROI. The legal job market stinks, but some law schools offer a much better return on investment than others. U.S. News ran the numbers, and this story at Above the Law summarizes the results. A North Carolina law school is ranked [...]
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