The NC Department of Public Safety says that a portion of Neuse Correctional Institution was evacuated on Monday morning following a disturbance that started late Sunday afternoon. According to a press release, a small group of inmates “set two separate fires, one inside the prison’s diagnostic building and one that destroyed a storage shed.” The inmates also broke windows and damaged four dorms. Approximately 500 inmates were transferred to other prisons because of the damage. Keep reading for more news. Judge Convicted. The Wilmington Star News reports that a federal jury has convicted Wayne County Superior Court Judge Arnold O. Jones on three corruption charges. Jones was charged after asking a Wayne County deputy to access his wife’s text messages in exchange for cases of beer and $100. According to the report, Jones will be sentenced in January. Supreme Court Ads. The Charlotte Observer has an editorial this week that says that political ads “funded by shadowy independent groups who don’t disclose their donors” are “undercutting the judiciary’s credibility and giving voters the impression that judges and justices are for sale.” In addition to criticizing the ads, the editorial notes that a study by two Emory Law School professors found that as the number of political ads in supreme court elections increases, the likelihood that justices will side with criminal defendants on appeal decreases. Police-Community Relations Committee. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that state representatives Ed Hanes and Craig Horn “have formed an ad-hoc, bipartisan committee of 12 legislators who will meet [...]
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