News Roundup

WRAL reports that there were two attacks in as many days on staff members at Central Prison this week.  The report says that the attacks have been attributed to the same group of inmates.  In one incident, several inmates refused orders from staff and then punched officers who responded to the situation.  In the other, two inmates assaulted a Brent Soucier, a Unit Manager with 19 years of experience at the prison, with a homemade weapon.  Soucier was taken to the hospital for treatment of a serious injury and is said to be in stable condition.  Keep reading for more news. Bradsher.  Wallace Bradsher, the former district attorney for Person and Caswell counties, was convicted by a jury this week of several criminal offenses arising from his participation in a scheme with Craig Blitzer to hire each other’s wives for state jobs.  Bradsher was sentenced to four months of incarceration, was disbarred, and also received 24 months of probation.  Bradsher announced that he would appeal his convictions. Zero Tolerance. The practice of separating children from their parents at the southern border of the United States as part of a “zero tolerance immigration prosecution” effort directed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions drew bipartisan condemnation this week that caused President Donald Trump to issue an executive order that possibly will end the practice temporarily.  The separations were occurring largely because Sessions directed U.S. Attorneys to prosecute all amenable adults for illegal entry, a federal misdemeanor.  Every living first lady publicly denounced the family [...]