San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus will remain sheriff for two weeks even if the Board of Supervisors votes to remove her. Corpus and her lawyers asked Superior Court Judge Nira Shapirshteyn to halt the supervisors from removing her for alleged corruption. Shapirshteyn ruled today that since the board has not had its final vote, she can't issue a halt to Corpus' removal at this point.
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her convictions, the Victorian supreme court has heard. Patterson's barrister, Richard Edney, confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne on Thursday morning. On 8 September, Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson.
SCSJ filed a brief Monday with the North Carolina Court of Appeals requesting their lawsuit against the rezoning be heard. The lawsuit, filed in early 2024, challenges Person County's redesignation of land zoned rural residential and conservation to industrial, including heavy industrial, for Enbridge - formerly Dominion Energy - to build and operate MEC, a liquified methane storage facility. The rezoning was passed by the Person County Board of Commissioners in December 2023 despite overwhelming community opposition.
Not many cases are given permission to go to the Court of Appeal. It's very encouraging that the judge thinks we have a realistic prospect of success, and also that this case raises important issues of public interest.
