The N.C. State Bar, which almost never dishes out real punishment to misbehaving lawyers, has charged two Union County prosecutors with committing 23 violations each of the rules that govern lawyers. Kenneth Honeycutt, the former district attorney of Union County, and his assistant, Scott Brewer, are charged with lying to the trial judge, the jury, and the defense lawyers and knowingly using false evidence at the trial of Jonathan Hoffman, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the robbery and murder of Danny Cook, a jewelry store owner in Marshville, southeast of Charlotte.
Honeycutt retired from his job as district attorney in October after an unsuccessful run for the state House of Representatives. But Brewer -- get this! -- is now a District Court judge based in Rockingham. Just the sort you want on the bench! God save this honorable court!
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