Looking for some great beach reading? Look no further than the 2013 Punishment Chart for North Carolina Crimes and Motor Vehicle Offenses by Bob Farb! Available here, it is 129 pages of legal goodness. It contains information about statutory penalties for North Carolina crimes, including which offenses require sex offender registration. The Administrative Office of the Courts has purchased copies of the book and will distribute them to judges, magistrates, prosecutors, public defenders, clerks, and select IDS and AOC offices by the end of July. In other news: New District Attorney in District 24. Governor McCrory has appointed Seth Banks the interim DA in District 24, which includes Watauga County and nearby areas. Recall that long-time DA Jerry Wilson stepped down two months ago due to health issues, and that former Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr was appointed interim DA. After Banks won the Republican primary, and given that there is no Democrat running for the job, Orr chose to resign to allow the presumptive new DA to begin work early. A local story with more details is here. Justice Reinvestment reducing recidivism? The News and Observer reports here that in the past few years, “North Carolina saw a 19.3 percent decrease in recidivism, according to the report from the Council of State Governments Justice Center . . . . The state’s improving rate was credited to a Justice Reinvestment initiative that began in 2009.” The full report is here. At a glance, it appears that the reduction is in the [...]
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