Lots of interesting developments in the news recently. The Tar Heels won another women's soccer national championship, and the United States finally got a favorable draw for the World Cup. Oops, wrong kind of news. Anyhow, recent criminal law happenings include: 1. Wired magazine reports that one-third of young people engage in "sexting," a behavior that I've previously blogged about here and here. 2. The News and Observer ran an article this weekend about the restorative justice movement, and a Durham meeting promoting it. The piece describes restorative justice as "a new movement that focuses on healing the harm that results from crime as opposed to simply meting out punishment." 3. The New York Times has a terrific preview of the Supreme Court's upcoming arguments about the scope of the federal "honest services" statute that has been at the heart of several recent high-profile prosecutions. With the high-profile investigations now going on in the United States Attorney's Office in Raleigh, what the Supreme Court does could have a significant local impact. 4. Speaking of the United States Attorney's Office, President Obama recently nominated Charlotte lawyer Thomas Walker to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, as reported here. He's a former state and federal prosecutor now in practice with Alston and Bird, LLP. 5. This blog post about cell phone companies releasing tracking data to law enforcement has been receiving a lot of attention. The title, 8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight, is based on a [...]
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