Monday, January 11, 2016

News & Observer: NC lawyer who fights for the wrongfully convicted goes before disciplinary panel

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JANUARY 11, 2016 2:18 PM

NC lawyer who fights for the wrongfully convicted goes before disciplinary panel

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BY ANNE BLYTHE

RALEIGH 
A three-member N.C. State Bar panel rejected a request from prosecutors Monday to find Christine Mumma, head of the N.C. Center on Actual Innocence, guilty of professional misconduct without a full hearing on the allegations.
Mumma, an advocate for the falsely accused, was investigating claims of innocence by a wrongfully convicted man when she took the actions that resulted in the disciplinary hearing ....

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Outer Banks Voice: Another view: Bar is judge, jury, executioner against Tillett

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Another view: Bar is judge, jury, executioner against Tillett

By  on January 11, 2016
Nags Head Attorney Neil W. Scarborough submitted the following article for publication in The Outer Banks Voice. http://www.scarboroughlawfirm.com/
This is the third part of a three-part article. The first two examine the story involving Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett’s son and the events afterward and introduces the people responsible for publicizing it and their likely reasons.
The third part examines the State Bar’s conduct in more detail and reveals the injustice .....

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