With the short holiday week, the News Roundup comes a few days early. We hope our readers have a safe and happy holiday. We’ll be back to blogging on Monday. Keep reading for the latest in criminal law and Thanksgiving news. ICE. The News & Observer reports that the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, visited Raleigh earlier this week to meet with Republican officials regarding the decisions by some North Carolina sheriffs to stop cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The N&O says that Wolf spoke about a Durham case where an 18-year-old, Bryan Jose Guzman, was charged with committing a murder while on pretrial release for armed robbery charges. Guzman was on pretrial release despite being the subject of an ICE detainer request. Turkey Pardon. The annual tradition of the President of the United States pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving has been covered extensively on this blog. Jeff has conducted significant research on the issue, analyzing in this 2017 post whether it is a federal crime to be a turkey (it is not) and examining trends in clemency in this 2013 post. Last year I noted the harrowing ordeal of Slow Poke, a pageant-winning possum pardoned in 1970 by Governor Bob Scott following public outcry over Scott’s plan to serve him as the main course at an executive banquet. This year, I am pleased to report what may be the biggest turkey news this blog has seen – the turkeys that were pardoned yesterday by President [...]
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