Posted on 12/24/2006 5:23:33 AM PST by nctexan
DURHAM - To press forward in the Duke University lacrosse case, District Attorney Mike Nifong must rely on scanty evidence while deflecting serious questions about whether he broke the law or violated the ethics rules governing prosecutors.
Nifong has acknowledged that the case now hangs on what the accuser says from the witness stand in a hearing scheduled for February. Meanwhile, pressure on Nifong continues to build.
The State Bar has received multiple complaints demanding that he be disbarred. A congressman has called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate him. And when the case returns to court, Nifong might have to explain repeated misrepresentations to judges about what evidence he had and why he did not disclose it all, as state law requires.
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Nifong did not respond to a request for comment last week, and he declined to come out of his office on Friday when reporters asked him to talk about the rape charge dismissal. He has told The News & Observer that he would not discuss the case outside of court. But on Thursday, he granted The New York Times a three-hour interview, the newspaper reported Saturday.
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But Nifong has bigger problems than his conflicting statements to reporters.
Since May, Nifong has repeatedly misrepresented his actions in filings and in face-to-face dealings with judges. Nifong has repeatedly said that he disclosed everything about the DNA evidence.
Federal and state law and state ethics rules require prosecutors to hand over all exculpatory evidence -- evidence that might indicate a person's innocence -- in a criminal case. Nifong acknowledged to The New York Times that the DNA tests results were "potentially exculpatory."
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Nifong should be disbarred and prosecuted. He is a disgrace to public office.
I hope there is a way to get this guy some real jail time.
And he is "above the law".
link to todays NYT piece.....some of Nifongs statements during the above-mentioned 3-hr interview are on pg 2 of this piece....what a liar he is...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/us/24duke.html?_r=1&ref=sportsspecial1&oref=slogin
a great Christmas present will be when nifong is perp walked/tried convicted and does jail time!!!!!
ask nifong how these 3 innocent boys will ever get their reputations back and how will they proceed in thier futures...
guess they could go to law school...then sue his ass!!!!
A three hour interview given to the NYSlimes. Were they helping him concoct a case against the innocent LAX players?
Perjury and obstruction of justice are clearcut in this case. Nifong should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Fired, jailed, and impoverished: the future of this vile mongrel.
Does anyone here need "soap-on-a-rope"?
Unlike with the Duke case there is substantial evidence that Nifong is guilty of prosecutorial misconduct. By Nifong's own standards Nifong is in big trouble.
Not only is the accuser a liar, so is the DA. How can you expect fair justice under this corrupt scenerio?
This is really not about Nifong. This is about the N&O trying to help the idiot from Princeton Broadhead keep his job.
Without any evidence, he fires a coach, he suspends the accused, he cancels a season and allows the black panthers to take over the campus.
He and Nifong should share the same cell.
The perfect solution: Nancy Grace cross examines him on the air. The following day, they both commit suicide. Clean, quick, and just. Case closed.
LOL
No wait, make Nifong the arbitrator between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump, and give them both a 12-gauge.
The "pressure" Nifong and the skank should feel - is from the rope around their worthless necks...
Semper Fi
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