For the last day or so, the headlines have been dominated by the multiple murder at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Law enforcement arrested Dylan Roof, 21, in Shelby, North Carolina. Roof is white, while the nine victims were black. Race appears to have been part of Roof’s motive. WRAL has the story here. In other news: New York prison break prompts call for GPS implants. CBS reports here that the successful escape of two inmates from a maximum security prison in New York has led at least one state senator there to propose implanting some convicts with GPS tracking devices. Any actual legislation would surely result in an Eighth Amendment challenge. I wouldn’t bet any significant sum of money either way on the outcome. Gun bill passes NC House without controversial provisions. The News and Observer reports here that this year’s gun rights bill has passed the House and moved on to the Senate, but without its most polarizing provisions: the repeal of the handgun purchase permit system and the authorization for legislators with concealed carry permits to carry in the legislature. State budget update. The House passed its budget. The Senate has now passed its quite different budget. Comparing the two as they pertain to the court system, the News and Observer reports here that “[t]he woefully out-of-date technology at the Administrative Office of the Courts would receive nothing from the Senate budget,” while “[t]he House budgeted $12 million for the first fiscal year, [...]
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