Posted on 01/12/2007 2:06:42 PM PST by abner
Just heard at the top of the hour. Nifong is recusing himself from the Duke Case as prosecutor.
No - not yet. I'm still at work with a client.
This is amazing - it looks like I'll be at work a while longer due to this....
This man is one of the most despicable people in America.
If I lived in his town, I would like to be juvenile and egg this POS's house.
By LARA SETRAKIAN
ABC News Law & Justice Unit
Jan. 12, 2007— District Attorney Mike Nifong has requested that he have himself removed from prosecuting the Duke Lacrosse rape investigation, ABC News has learned.
A source close to the investigation said Nifong sent a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper asking his office to assume responsibility of the case.
Three Duke Lacrosse players, Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and David Evans were indicted in 2006 on charges of rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping.
The rape charges were dropped in December after the accuser could not recall key details of the alleged attack.
***Still nothing on the local channels.
That's what I want to know. How does a prosecutor recuse himself?
How does a Special Prosecutor get appointed in North Carolina? Is Congressman Billybob able to answer that question?
In Texas the trial judge, not anyone in the prosecutor's office, makes the appointment of a Special Prosecutor. In a non-controversial recusal (say the DA's car is stolen), the judge will often appoint whomever the DA reccomends. In something like this...
Nah....Sovereign immunity. If you want justice see God. Government isn't in the Justice business. Nifong's career is over however. That is a good thing.
The defendants could sue the accuser but she doesn't have a pot to pee in. But it might be the right thing to do to " encourager les autres"
Would like to see his grounds for recusal.
I'm getting nothing on the news here.
The AG of NC would not dare reject his request for recusal.
At least anybody sent there for a real crime like murder or Nifag.
Just damn!
His request is as good as granted.
Nothing on any of the local channels, cable networks, or anything. I sure hope ABC got this right.
He should have no problem finding an assistant DA to take over the case.
The grounds for his recusal are pro forma. The ethics charges in this case.
This isn't news, it's chat.
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Given what has happened in this case, are you 100% certain of that?
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