Mimesis Law: FIXING THE DOUBLE STANDARD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR

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Feb 12, 2016by Matt Brown -

FIXING THE DOUBLE STANDARD AT THE NORTH CAROLINA BAR

Feb. 12, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — In North Carolina, the State Bar doesn’t seem to treat prosecutors and defense attorneys the same when it comes to lawyer discipline. The News and Observer reports:

For most of 2015, the North Carolina State Bar vigorously and publicly pressed ethics charges against two anti-death penalty lawyers for what were eventually judged to be unimportant inaccuracies in two sworn affidavits.

During the same time, the bar privately dismissed complaints that three prominent prosecutors – one running for attorney ....

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