Posted on 04/22/2006 2:45:35 AM PDT by abb
Defense lawyers and legal experts say District Attorney Mike Nifong may have crossed ethical lines in public comments about rape allegations involving Duke University lacrosse players, potentially prejudicing jurors and setting off a media maelstrom.
Nifong says that he has done nothing wrong, though he has ceased talking with reporters about allegations made by an escort service dancer hired to perform at a March 13 team party. He would speak only about his handling of the case Friday.
"In terms of what I said, no, I wouldn't say I regret anything I've said," Nifong said. "I think what I have learned, basically, is that if you cooperate with the media out of a sense of duty to public truth, you make yourself a victim."
Local observers were hard-pressed this week to remember a case with so much back-and-forth between the prosecution and defense playing out in a 24-hour news cycle. It has some suggesting a judge should step in with a gag order.
Defense attorneys for the lacrosse players say it is their clients who have been victimized by Nifong, and they blunt criticism of their own extensive public comments by saying they are just attempting to limit the damage. Some also said photos, ATM receipts and other evidence they claim exonerates the two team members arrested Tuesday were given to the media only after Nifong refused to look at them.
In its ethical rules, the N.C. State Bar orders lawyers to refrain from statements outside the courtroom that they know might have "a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing" legal proceedings. But once one side talks to the press, ethics rules say the other side can make statements "a reasonable lawyer" would believe are required to protect a client from bad publicity.
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No...Jonathan's unit was never deployed so he transferred to another unit that he knew was going...an MP unit....he's a radioman/telephone operator...he carries it....
Do you have a link or source for the "upright" position, Wild Irish Rogue?
Did you know that Tuckerville is back on.....
Or does Kim have it in her bag of goodies. The Boys aver the two of them were in the bathroom for nearly 30 minutes.
Yes, it could have. Maybe she was trying to rev Stripper #1 up for the show.
Yes! You told me before! But I forgot........looking now!
Re: current mood on campus - "Everyone just wants it to be over."
As in "let the dead bury the dead"?
I did.....Gawd...I'm worse than I thought!
Crystal is gonna get crucified on the witness stand....I don't think she has any idea what awaits her..
The complaining witness was not drunk or drugged, it was those platform hills.
Yeah, thats the ticket!
If Crystal even stays around NC long enough to take the stand.
Glad to see your back from the IQ challenged CTV boards.
I like going there too and stirring it up a little, as well.
You read it right: 5 times. And in 30 minutes.
However, if sex toys are used as part of the performance, KY might be necessary.
With one of the dancers?
NYTimes is still programming their readership in a lie about the email.
That's why I posted it!!
I have not seen any evidence to that effect presented.
Where did you get your information?
:)Easy Does It:)
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