The very fact that the state refused to do anything about the corruption within Durham County, when they were aware of all those violations should have been enough for the Federal Justice Department to step in. The NC system is corrupt and broken, yet no one will lift a finger.
The politics of the elected in the legal profession (judges and prosecutors) is VERY incestuous.
Is there a violation of Federal law involved or do you expect big daddy Fed to right every wrong, even if it's not on their turf? Maybe we could create a new Federal agency to investigate every fixed traffic ticket.
I'm not a states rights fanatic but having the Feds jump in this case now seems way premature and would be wrong. North Carolina has problems they need to fix on their own.