Posted on 12/21/2006 11:09:37 AM PST by beckett
CHAPEL HILL - Whether the defendants in the Duke lacrosse case are guilty or innocent, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong should disqualify himself, or be disqualified, from the case.
On Friday, Nifong's own witness essentially accused him of breaking the law. An actual conflict of interest now exists between Nifong's need to defend himself against possible charges of misconduct and his obligation to prosecute the case fairly and effectively.
In court Friday, the head of a lab that Nifong retained to analyze DNA samples testified that he and Nifong intentionally decided to exclude from the expert's report the fact that DNA analyzed from the clothes and body of the accuser did not belong to any of the defendants but came instead from unidentified males.
N.C. General Statute 15A-903 requires that a prosecution expert provide a report of the results of any tests performed and that the prosecutor furnish that report to the defense. Deciding to exclude these results is deciding to violate this law.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsobserver.com ...
Nifong should be compelled to try this case on national TV.
I'm betting it never goes to trial. The complaining witness will flee and all the resources of the DA's office will be unable to locate her.
Yeah I misspoke when I called the N&O a "cheerleader" for Nifong. KC Johnson says its reporters have uncovered and reported more than a few items embarrassing to Nifong, and I defer to Johnson on all matters involving this case. The "cheerleader" was the head of the editorial page, Stephen Ford, who wrote a column in support of Nifong some months ago, since which, as more revelations have been made, he's kept his own counsel on the case.
Believe it or not, Duke does have an ice hockey team. But they aren't accused of anything.
Shortly after the news broke, one of those "support rallies" was planned and Al Sharpton was scheudled to make an apperance.
When Sharpton cancelled I knew it was a hoax. He couldn't handle a 2nd Tawana Brawley incident.
True, but it appeared on the OpEd page in the editorial section. And yesterday, a column from the editorial board itself was published, and, although not quite as damning as Kennedy's piece, it's pretty close.
ping
We might as well move here?
Joe Kennedy is a prof at UNC law school which is Mike Nifong's alma mater. Earlier in the week...
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1110918/
Linkback to old thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1755455/posts?page=240
Ping!
When is someone actually going to do something about Nifong? It's all just blather, until someone actually steps up to the plate and knocks him out of the park.
http://www.bluenc.com/nifong-and-the-next-election
Nifong and The Next Election
DNA Security, Inc. Statement re: the Duke Lacrosse Case Tests
December 19, 2006
http://www.dnasi.com/Statement.htm
DNASI May 12 Report
http://hometown.aol.com/VIP%20PASSES/512report.pdf
Hat tip: LieStoppers
As you can see I've been over there trying to set them straight on a few things. If you do too be nice. Don't go trolling(if you can help it.
Duke deserves to be hammered, for the way they threw these young men under the bus. Broadhead and crew have not come close to atoning for that. And the crew is pretty large. There were something like 80 faculty that signed that letter, early on. I wonder if that web site is still up, in the Diversity Studies Dept, or some such.
>>Nifong needs ten years in general population with the guys he put it, that would be justice.
The guys he put in, will be getting out on appeal, based on his actions in this case.
The SBI lab could not find anything at all on anything in the rape kit. No trace of blood, saliva, or semen on any of the swabs. No foreign pubic hairs. Nothing. This was on evidence collected right after a supposed violent 3 man gang rape and beating sans condoms.
Nifong knew that on March 28th.
That was the end of the case for any normal DA.
Nifong then goes out and buys a new report, withholds part of it, and leaks the idea that it implicates LAX players.
Nifung should be in jail.
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