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State Bar Says Nifong Skirted System in Handling of Duke Lacrosse Case
WRAL TV ^ | March 19, 2007

Posted on 03/19/2007 2:47:58 PM PDT by CondorFlight

A North Carolina State Bar response to Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong's request for dismissal of some of the charges against him suggests that Nifong has attempted to skirt the system in his handling of the Duke lacrosse case.

In a legal brief filed Monday, the bar suggests Nifong wants the organization to interpret the law according to his view of it. They also said they don't buy Nifong's explanation for withholding DNA evidence, and claimed he's twisting words to make his argument fit.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


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To: Howlin

Bump


41 posted on 03/19/2007 3:29:15 PM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: onyx

He is going to be license-less in a very short period, I believe.

And then he'll be out of a job; perhaps he can get a job as a commentator on CTV? :-)


42 posted on 03/19/2007 3:30:04 PM PDT by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: CondorFlight

My bet is that he'll get a wrist slap, if that.


43 posted on 03/19/2007 3:30:29 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Howlin

GOOD. I hope he's completely shamed.


44 posted on 03/19/2007 3:31:44 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: Freee-dame

"Is there a legal definition of "skirt the system?" I doubt it."

Years ago it was referred to as failing to recognize the "spirit" of the law which used to be as important as the "letter" of the law. The two combined were supposed to be inherent in the "fairness" of the law. Today -- who knows? It's whatever you can get by with no matter which side of the law you're on. I'm not sure strict constructionists are necessarily any better on the "spirit" of any law, but they're a darned sight better on the "letter".


45 posted on 03/19/2007 3:35:49 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: CondorFlight
Sirted the Issues????

Pants Him!

46 posted on 03/19/2007 3:36:14 PM PDT by Young Werther ( and Julius Ceasar said, "quae cum ita sunt.")
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To: GovernmentShrinker

"The NC Bar wants more than his resignation. They want his bar membership yanked permanently, so that he can't practice law in the state at all, and would be very unlikely to get admitted to any other state's bar."

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It works for me! :-)


47 posted on 03/19/2007 3:42:48 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Howlin

Thanks for the good news ping!


48 posted on 03/19/2007 4:26:10 PM PDT by sissyjane (Mr. Nifong, you've picked on the wrong families and you will pay for the rest of your life)
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To: ltc8k6

Wow. Reading the actions of Nifong in the first part of this document, including representing to the court more than once that he had given the Defense the particular information they sought, when he did no such thing ought to give him time in jail.

Libby misremembered... Nifong swore to the court and blatantly lied! And all to the end of railroading 3 defendents who he knew were innocent! Not that they could win an acquital, but that they were flat out innocent!


49 posted on 03/19/2007 4:55:53 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: TommyDale

Nifong's vile and inflammatory characterizations of the accused is clearly a violation of his position.

Nothing he can say will change that fact. There are numerous television appearances of him slamming those students.


50 posted on 03/19/2007 5:14:03 PM PDT by OldFriend ( TOM DeLAY FAN)
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To: onyx
I hope he's completely shamed.

You know better than that. Liberals don't feel shame. They're incapable of it. Reference: Clintons, Murtha, Kerry, Carter, Roosevelt, JF Kennedy, Sharpton, J. Jackson, Rather, et al. Shame is something inputed upon white, male conservatives. Nifong, by virtue of his political leanings, is immune from shame.

51 posted on 03/19/2007 5:39:22 PM PDT by highimpact (Abortion is a voluntary human sacrifice at the altar of convenience.)
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To: pinz-n-needlez
'University of North Carolina law professor Joe Kennedy described the bar's tone in the most-recent documents as somewhat incredulous. He pointed to the bar's following point: "Nifong is arguing that he can make false statements to a court…then use his misrepresentations to claim he committed no violation." '

Incredulous indeed. Where has the state bar been while these boys had their lives ruined and their families have spent millions.

52 posted on 03/19/2007 6:27:43 PM PDT by Tarheel (A/K/A Mrs Foxy)
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To: OldFriend

You mean those "hooligans"?


53 posted on 03/19/2007 7:08:25 PM PDT by TommyDale (What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Nifong should be forced to resign if he won't do it voluntarily.

He's not gonna resign, and if I understand the rules correctly, the only person who can remove him is the judge of the Superior Court.

Unfortunately, that person is one of his buddies and is protecting him, refusing to act on a petition for his removal filed a while back until after the bar proceedings. The law required him to act on the petition within 30 days. He claims that issuing a stay that will be in effect for a good six months met the definintion of "acting."

Hard to believe that is what the legislature intended ...

54 posted on 03/19/2007 7:36:38 PM PDT by freespirited (Resentment, redistribution, and re-education. The three Rs of liberalism.)
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To: CondorFlight
State Bar Says Nifong Skirted System in Handling of Duke Lacrosse Case

Skirted? He mooned it.

55 posted on 03/19/2007 8:06:20 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: freespirited
Unfortunately, that person is one of his buddies and is protecting him,

That's what I figured, they always have their friends that stick together. Unless the voters throw him out he's probably not going anywhere and he'll be free to do this to someone else.

56 posted on 03/19/2007 8:09:32 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: CondorFlight

nifong should lose his job and his license to practice law.

he wrongly accused those kids because they were rich and white, just like the white racists of the 1950's mistreated blacks.

the accuser's face should be posted across the city like her supporters plastered the boys' photos across town.


57 posted on 03/19/2007 8:11:54 PM PDT by ken21 (it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
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To: freespirited

My understanding is that the state bar can disbar him for a specified time, or permanently. Not sure if that means he could NOT legally continue in his elected office, but I would think that would be enough to do in der Nifongfuhrer.


58 posted on 03/19/2007 8:18:35 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Tarheel

He lied in direct representations he made to the court. And he did it knowingly and repeatedly.

It's one think to play word games with the press. Quite another to file papers with the court saying that you turned over documents that were repeatedly omitted.

Every lawyer, judge, legislator and court officer in the state should be calling for his head!


59 posted on 03/19/2007 8:54:15 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez (Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
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To: Ken H
My understanding is that the state bar can disbar him for a specified time, or permanently.

I'm under the impression that they can disbar him for five years. After that point, he can re-apply for admission but the bar is not obligated to grant it.

Not sure if that means he could NOT legally continue in his elected office, but I would think that would be enough to do in der Nifongfuhrer.

I was shocked to read that there is no provision in NC that would terminate his salary if he is disbarred. Have read that the legislature is working on this.

60 posted on 03/19/2007 9:21:52 PM PDT by freespirited (Resentment, redistribution, and re-education. The three Rs of liberalism.)
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