[Law is not justice but process]

I'm glad to see Nifong realizes that commenting on a pending case is unethical (he admits such in his email). However, I do not buy for a minute that his orgy of press conferences was merely an appeal to the public for information. First of all, his claim there was no specific target is wrong, as he had about 43 specific targets at that time. Second, speaking to the lynch mob rally at NCCU had no purpose other than political. During an investigation, investigators may discuss the case in the press to a certain degree to solicit information relevant to the case from the general public. A group meeting like that at NCCU is not the general public but an advocacy group. It was a targeted political event. Thirdly, the investigation agency in this case was the Durham Police Department, not the District Attorney's Office. Any appeal for public information should have come from the DPD, not Nifong. The mere fact that the elected DA who was then campaigning for reelection chose to usurp the role of the DPD creates an almost unrebuttable appearance of political motivation. Finally, how does an interview with national news outlets further the task of getting infoprmation from the Durham public? Clearly local media would have been the best outlet for appeals for information.

I believe the 70 interviews were a breach of prosecutorial ethics and Nifong is trying to hide behind the investigator's prerogative to appeal for information. Maybe that means someone on the defense team has called him out on his breach of ethics.

[js1138]

I'm glad to see Nifong realizes that commenting on a pending case is unethical (he admits such in his email)

I think the prosecutor is obliged to convince the public that a crime was committed. This is not a case of mistaken identity or incorrect identification of the preps.

There is no crime. There are no perps.

[JLS]

Maybe that means someone on the defense team has called him out on his breach of ethics.

1. The defense has filed motions asking the court remove Nifong from the case.

2. One night on some of the cable shows they said an ethics complaint had been filed against Nifong with the NC Bar by someone not among the lacrosse group. [Anyone can file an ethic complaint in NC.]

[Jezebelle]

Yeah, lol, performing a public, on-camera demonstration as to how the victim was choked isn't exactly a plea for help.

None of Nifong's antics constituted any sort of plea for help from the public such as we see in murder or missing persons cases. What was the plea? "PLease, if you just happned to have been robbing the Duke lax house while the alleged rape occurred, perhaps hiding in a closet, you are a witness and we need your help." GMAB

That Nifong would lie about his intentions and purpose in conducting those interviews and announcements says so much about what a sneaky, whiney, opportunistic weasel he really is.