In January, actor Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a cinematographer on a film set in New Mexico. There is no suggestion that the shooting was intentional but the prosecution contends that Baldwin and others were grossly negligent in their handling of firearms. The local district attorney asked that a special prosecutor be assigned to the case. Andrea Reeb, a former district attorney who was elected to the state legislature in 2022, was appointed. In February, Baldwin moved to disqualify her, arguing that having a legislator exercise “either the executive power or the judicial power” as a special prosecutor violated separation of powers principles. Although the court has not yet rule on the motion, Reeb stepped down this week, saying that she “will not allow questions about [her] serving as a legislator and prosecutor to cloud the real issue at hand.” The Associated Press has more here. Keep reading for more news. North Carolina’s judicial salaries are lower than in most other states. The National Center for State Courts has just updated its judicial salary tracker. A great data visualization, here, allows you to see salaries for trial court, intermediate appellate court, and state supreme court jurists across the country. North Carolina is below the mean and the median for every level of the judicial hierarchy. Want to see who’s locked up? Speaking of data visualizations, the Prison Policy Initiative just released a graphic entitled Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023. In includes people in custody at [...]
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