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The Wendy Terry Saga: A Surprising Update on a Legal Odyssey

Wendy Terry, Formerly Indicted NC Assistant District Attorney, Returns to Legal Practice

Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the Wendy Terry saga. In our previous posts, we delved into the shocking indictment that rocked the Davidson County District Attorney’s office and explored the broader implications of integrity in the world of law. Today, we bring you the latest chapter in this captivating legal odyssey. A Quick Recap In case you missed our earlier updates, here’s a brief…

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Unveiling Corruption: Insights from the Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial

Introduction The world of crime and justice is often filled with shocking revelations, capturing public attention and exposing dark secrets. The recent murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, a prominent figure in a well-known family in South Carolina, captivated audiences as it unraveled a web of corruption and deceit. In this blog post, we delve into the details surrounding the trial, the revelations…

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Attorney Jamie Gentry, Disgraced Former Prosecutor, Lands New Gig Attorney Jamie Gentry (f/k/a Jamie Gentry LaPrad) (a/k/a North Carolina's "Candy Cane Prosecutor") has emerged, in recent months, from the cloistered, suburban-fitness-instructor obscurity to which she reportedly retreated after being publicly exposed for her misdeeds—and is taking another shot at practicing law—our readers inform us.

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Charlotte officer justified by peers in fatal shooting

Charlotte officer justified by peers in fatal shooting

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s internal review board has chosen to legitimize the conduct of one of its own, and to clear him of any wrongdoing, in the fatal shooting last September of Keith Lamont Scott, the Charlotte Observer reports.

Officer Brentley Vinson was justified in killing Scott, according to a report drafted by the police department’s “Independent Shooting Review…

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Davidson County prosecutor indicted on multiple felony charges in race for superior court seat

Davidson County prosecutor indicted on multiple felony charges in race for superior court seat

The Davison County Grand Jury returned a six-count indictment Tuesday against Assistant District Attorney Wendy Joyce Terry, accusing the veteran prosecutor of offering a district judge $20,000 by text message for a superior court judge seat, the ABA Journal reported.

Indictment against Terry

The indictment alleges that Terry promised to contribute that amount to Judge April C. Wood’s campaign if…

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Encougaging Misconduct: Prosecutor shields Sumter deputies in shooting

Encougaging Misconduct: Prosecutor shields Sumter deputies in shooting

How in the h-e-double-hockey-stick did two Sumter County sheriff’s deputies “act properly,” when they both used their stun guns on an unarmed man and then shot him multiple times? Oh, that’s right, they did so by later concocting a tale straight out of Alice in Wonderland. And, in the eyes of Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest A. “Chip” Finney III, that was all perfectly proper.

Sumter County Deputies…

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PROSECUTOR RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT – SOUTH CAROLINA

PROSECUTOR RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT – SOUTH CAROLINA

Prosecutors’ conduct in the southern half of the Carolinas is governed by a slightly different set of rules than those up north.

This post begins with the text and comments of South Carolina’s rule regulating prosecutor conduct. It then explains how that language differs from its North Carolina counterpart.

Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor

Rule 3.8of the South Carolina Rules of…

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Prosecutor Rules of Professional Conduct in North Carolina

Prosecutor Rules of Professional Conduct in North Carolina

Former Assistant District Attorney Jamie LaPrad crossed to the wrong side of the law, a local newspaper concluded, after the public got wind of LaPrad’s nefarious conduct while working for the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office.

Among other things, that conduct involved LaPrad’s alleged threats to geld a coworker after he called off the romance between him and LaPrad. It also appears…

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The Bail Trap

“Criminal justice,” President Obama remarked at the NAACP’s national conference last month, “is not as fair as it should be.”

As a precursor to a post we are developing which highlights bail practices across the country as one of the foremost failings of our modern criminal justice system, we wanted to share “The Bail Trap,” an illuminating piece published by the New York Times this week. “Every…

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North Carolina's Candy Cane Prosecutor

North Carolina’s Candy Cane Prosecutor

The Dispatchreports that Davidson County District Attorney Garry Frank finally handed Assistant District Attorney Jamie G. LaPrad her pink slip, months after fellow prosecutor Alan B. Martin petitioned the Mecklenburg County courts for a domestic violence protective order against LaPrad: “Frank confirmed . . .  that Jamie LaPrad was released from her duties Aug. 27 under an ‘involuntary…

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13 law enforcement officers indicted in FBI drug sting

13 law enforcement officers indicted in FBI drug sting

In May 2015, federal officials reported that thirteen law enforcement officers from North Carolina and Virginia had been arrested and indicted for protecting illegal narcotics shipments along the east coast.

The arrests were part of the FBI’s two-year investigation dubbed “Operation Rockfish.”

The thirteen former and then-current law enforcement officers were allegedly prepared to transport…

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Pink-slip prosecutor to colleague: The big candycane that you enjoy using on me

Pink-slip prosecutor to colleague: The big candycane that you enjoy using on me

A domestic violence protective order was issued in June 2014 against Davidson County Assistant District Attorney Jamie G. LaPrad at the request of a fellow prosecutor. Lexington’s local newspaper, The Dispatch, reported that “Alan B. Martin, also an assistant district attorney for Davidson County who lives in Mecklenburg County, petitioned for the domestic violence order against LaPrad.” That…