In Chapel Hill, the top story is District Attorney Jim Woodall’s decision not to charge former UNC employee Deborah Crowder in connection with the athletic/academic/no-show classes scandal. The Herald Sun has the story here, but the key detail is that the decision not to prosecute was based in part on Crowder’s ongoing cooperation, both in the criminal investigation and in UNC’s own renewed investigation. Sounds like interesting information may be forthcoming. In other news: New big dog in the AG’s office. Robert Montgomery, formerly the head of the appellate section, has been named the Senior Deputy AG for the Criminal Division. He replaces long-time leaders Jim Coman and Bill Hart, who recently retired from the AG’s office. The News and Observer reports the announcement here. Mooning the judge: inadvisable. In Alamance County, a criminal defendant had completed his business before a district court judge and was walking away when he “yanked his pants down just above his knees, exposing his underwear” to the court. According to this local story, Chief District Court Judge Jim Roberson held the defendant in contempt and sentenced him to 10 days in jail. ACIS, ACIS, everywhere? LEXIS made a public records request to the AOC, asking for a complete copy of the ACIS database. The AOC declined to provide it on various grounds, but the court of appeals just ruled in LEXIS’s favor. Does that mean we’re in for a huge proliferation of third parties offering access to the information contained in ACIS at extremely low [...]
Faculty Coordinators
