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| N.C. Bar Files Charges Against Duke D.A. Nifong |
| 2006-12-28 |
| This entire debacle has been a travesty of self-interest by a low-grade pol in a racially-charged election race. He should be disbarred and drained of all wealth. F*cker. Read KC Johnson's blog and you'll get as pissed as I am. Nifong is an evil man The North Carolina bar filed ethics charges Thursday against the prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case, accusing him of saying misleading or inflammatory things to the news media about the athletes under suspicion. The punishment for ethics violations can range from admonishment to disbarment. Among the four rules of professional conduct that District Attorney Mike Nifong was accused of violating was a prohibition against making comments "that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused." The charges will be heard by an independent body called the Disciplinary Hearing Commission, made up of both lawyers and non-lawyers. In a statement, the bar said it opened a case against Nifong in March 30, a little more than two weeks after the party where a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University hired to perform as a stripper said she was raped. Nifong did not immediately return a call for comment. Another of the rules Nifong was charged with breaking forbids "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation." The bar said that when DNA testing failed to find any evidence a lacrosse player raped the accuser, Nifong told a reporter the players might have used a condom. According to the bar, Nifong knew that assertion was misleading, because he had received a report from an emergency room nurse in which the accuser said her attackers did not use a condom. Defense attorney Joseph Cheshire, who represents one of the three lacrosse players charged with sexual offense and kidnapping, declined to comment. Last week, Nifong dropped the rape charges against the athletes after the stripper wavered in her story. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 shouldn't this be the idiot of the day?? |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2006-12-28 23:44 |
| #5 Prosecutors, even more than judges, are above the law. Removing NiFong from office would encourage the rest. Jailing him for a few years would be even better. Abuse of power is worse than accepting a bribe. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-28 23:25 |
| #4 According to this thread at Volokh Conspiracy, it looks like disbarment may be the max he pulls. But this little development doesn't help him at all. Especially if he is disbarred before the case comes to trial. Notice, Joseph Cheshire, who represents one of the three lacrosse players charged with sexual offense and kidnapping, declined to comment. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-12-28 20:57 |
| #3 This is Huge for Duke lacrosse Students, Nifong is toast and so is his case. I can't believe the judge will give this asstard much more than the time 0 day. If justice is served Nifong will do time and be sued for everything he owns. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-12-28 20:35 |
| #2 This is not stupidity, it is how far too many Prosecutors work. Let's start with the governor elect of New York. The difference is the Duke Lacrosse players can't get off the hook by making extortion payments. After watching this, Spitzer, Fitzgerald, and the clown in Miami who ransacked Rush's doctor's office, as a juror, I'll be a lot more receptive to defence charges of prosecutorial malfeasance. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-12-28 20:33 |
| #1 Losing his job as DA due to disbarment is just the start of the payback for Nifong's stupidity. |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2006-12-28 20:00 |