http://www.hendersonvillenews.com/apps/pbc.../1015/OPINION01
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How about the Duke scandal. Or should I say the Mike Nifong scandal. Nifong, Durham district attorney, knew that recent tests revealed no DNA match up between the Duke lacrosse players and the woman they were supposed to have raped.
Did Nifong release this information? Nope. Why? Nifong claims that given the volume of evidence in this case, he simply did not realize that he had failed to turn over the DNA results in question.
Folks, if you believe that, then I've got a bridge for sale conveniently located in Brooklyn.
The other disgusting thing about this whole scandal has been the overreaction of black protesters in the area. They trooped and stomped and shouted. They claimed this was just one more case of white persecution against blacks and the American justice system was skewed against blacks.
Blah. Blah. Blah.
Whitey this and whitey that. Ad Infi. Ad naus. You know, the "whitey"-word is as repellent as the "n"-word. When either side uses it, it is disgusting and only shows ignorance.
Now it turns out the stripper accusing the whites of rape was nothing more than a common whore. She had had sex with several different men prior to the party when the so-called crime was supposed to have taken place.
So now what?
The black protesters owe an apology, that's what. And District Attorney Mike Nifong ought to go to jail for a long time.
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http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?Sec...067&TM=70438.17
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Power is called the ultimate aphrodisiac. It is also an intoxicant. That is one way to explain what happened in the recent case of Durham County District Attorney Michael Nifong. It is alleged that Nifong withheld DNA evidence in the Duke University lacrosse players case.
Another way to explain the Nifong incident is inexperience. Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis says that the Nifong demonstrates the importance of seasoning. Marquis points out that Nifong had no prior experience as a trial lawyer.
"What Nifong has done is catastrophic," said Marquis. "The closest example is what Julie Leonhardt did." Leonhardt was Marquis' predecessor, and she obtained indictments against Astoria police without sufficient evidence. Leonhardt was disbarred, convicted and incarcerated.
Speaking to ABC News, Marquis said: "As prosecutors, we do not try our cases in the media. We do not file charges frivolously. ... Some of his actions have brought great disrepute on the profession of prosecution."
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Even if that was true (which it wasn't) he would be too stupid to be DA.
I wonder if Easley appointed Nifong because of a case that he was interested in that was coming up (during that time) and wanted it to go a certain way and just wanted him in for that specifically.