Edwin Wilson
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Edwin G. Wilson, Jr. is the Senior Resident judge for the Superior Court of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Federal judgeship nomination
Wilson is one of three recommendations to President Obama from Senator Kay Hagan for a position on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. [1]
Notable rulings
Judge Wilson ruled in February of 2009 that more than 127 pit bulls seized from a dog-fighting ring be put down. Wilson issued his ruling after hearing a call for euthanisia from a prosecutor, the attorney for Wilkes County government, Wilkes County’s animal-control director and two representatives from The Humane Society of the United States.
Animal rights activists were angered by the order, calling it a "massacre".
According to Amanda Arrington, N.C. director for The Humane Society of the U.S., and Chris Schindler, the agency’s deputy manager of animal-fighting law enforcement, the dogs were bred for aggression. "Wilkes Animal Control Director Junior Simmons told the judge that some of the dogs that were puppies when they were seized in December are already showing aggression toward each other. 'They’re not just play fighting.They’re starting to draw blood.'" [2]
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