This week the United States Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the court when she takes Justice Breyer’s place at the end of the current term, and will be the only current member with experience as a public defender. Three Republicans joined all Senate democrats to confirm Jackson with a vote of 53 to 47. Keep reading for more news. Neville. The death of John Neville at the Forsyth County Detention Center was a significant news story in 2020. Neville suffered a seizure and fell out of his bunk at the jail in December 2019. The response to Neville’s fall by detention center staff was criticized by the public in the following months when video footage was released which showed that he was held in a hog-tie position in an observation cell following the initial response to the incident. Eventually, five detention officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter based on their treatment of Neville. This week, the Winston-Salem Journal reported that a Forsyth grand jury declined to indict the former detention officers on the manslaughter charges but did indict the nurse, Michelle Heughins. Neville’s family criticized the grand jury’s decision and Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said he was disappointed by it. Neville’s family has filed a federal lawsuit against Forsyth County, Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr., and the jail’s former medical provider Wellpath LLC. Cold Case. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that investigators with the [...]
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