The only thing the sheriff is charged with is failing to try to prevent the murder he allegedly plotted in the first place. (via toofab)
A North Carolina Sheriff whom prosecutors say plotted to kill his own deputy would only face a maximum sentence of 16 months in jail,Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was allegedly caught on tape instructing a man how to get away with the murder of former deputy Joshua Freeman, who had threatened to release a recording he had of his boss using "racially offensive" language.
"You ain't got the weapon, you ain't got nothing to go on," he was allegedly recorded saying. "The only way we find out these murder things is people talk. You can't tell nobody nothin', not a thing."But as the indictment shows, Wilkins is not charged with any conspiracy to murder; he is only charged with failing to perform his duty as a policeman and try to prevent the murder he allegedly plotted in the first place.
"We try in all of our cases to not overcharge, to be fair, and to assess the evidence by the law, and these are the charges we were comfortable with." As for the tape with Wilkins' alleged racist comments, it is lost. While Lorrin wouldn't comment on its exact nature, she did say it allegedly contains sentiments "entirely inappropriate" for an elected sheriff responsible for enforcing the law.Joshua Freeman's former lawyer Mike Waters passed the tape onto the FBI back in 2014, but they did not pursue, and it was eventually passed to the State Bureau of Investigation instead.
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