Agents' Secrets
Settlement means another $1.475 million for Floyd Brown
Anson County and its insurers reached a $1.475 million settlement with Floyd Brown, the second settlement reached with the mentally disabled man jailed in a psychiatric hospital for 14 years based on an implausible confession. Brown has been compensated a total of $9.325 million from Anson County...
Agents' Secrets
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CRIME
Despite SBI settlement in Brown case, discredited agent is still on the job
SBI Agent Mark Isley climbed through the ranks of the agency despite a troubled career as an agent. Floyd Brown will be paid nearly $8 million from the state and its insurers for a confession Brown’s attorneys say Isley fabricated to pin a murder on Brown.
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LOCAL/STATE
SBI agent Mark Isley slow to report tips on cop conspiracy
It took SBI agent Mark Isley nearly two years to file reports of allegations of misconduct against two sheriff’s deputies who later went to federal prison. One of them was his close friend.
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AGENTS' SECRETS
State agrees to $12 million settlement for two wrongly imprisoned men
The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and its insurers have agreed to pay $12.475 million to two innocent men who spent a total of 31 years behind bars.
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CRIME
NC crime lab wins international seal of approval
Forensic Quality Services, a Florida-based organization that audits and inspects crime labs, told the State Bureau of Investigation this week that the lab had met the standards required by the highest global standard for forensic science laboratories.
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LOCAL/STATE
Court hearing on Mike Peterson focuses on discredited SBI agent
Attorneys from the NC attorney general’s office argue that a 2003 murder conviction should be reinstated against Michael Peterson. The Durham novelist’s attorneys argue his trial was flawed by the testimony of an SBI agent who has since been discredited.
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AGENTS' SECRETS
SBI fights district attorneys’ attempts to learn about failed tests
About 25 agents failed certification exams, and district attorneys say that defendants will demand access to those results.
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AGENTS' SECRETS
Judge order says Michael Peterson’s rights violated by SBI agent
The conviction in 2003 of Durham novelist Michael Peterson was obtained with “materially misleading” and “deliberately false” testimony from a State Bureau of Investigation agent who was a crucial witness about blood evidence in the murder case that spawned TV movies, ...
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BARRY SAUNDERS
Saunders: Inmates line up for gifts from disgraced SBI blood-spatter expert
Until a few weeks ago, you probably thought that I was the baddest Santa you'd ever seen. That was before Duane Deaver offered expert testimony during trials of convicted murderers.
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AGENTS' SECRETS
Ex-SBI agent Deaver's testimony could lead to reviews
Duane Deaver's work paved the path for Michael Peterson's new trial. His testimony also could force another look at the sentences of several other convicted murderers.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Michael Peterson denies guilt, tastes freedom
Michael Peterson sat in his lawyer's office Wednesday afternoon twisting his wedding ring and talking about the electronic anklet that has monitored his movements over the past week.
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