Good! Add "Obstruction of Justice" and "Misuse of Public Office" to the list.
DUKE 'RAPE' DA CHARGED WITH WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE, MISLEADING COURT
Charges from whom? The lawyers board? Ethics board?
What needs to be added are criminal charges.
Not unexpected and may be the basis for a civil rights violation lawsuit by the players against him.
Ping.
don't know specifics for prosecutors but lack of candor with the tribunal might be in there and it's really serious.
I thought that was covered in the original complaint by the bar?
Speaking as one of the newest soon-to-be-residents of Durham County, North Carolina...thanks! But y'all didn't have to wait until I moved down here to dropkick him, really. :)
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URGENT
NC state bar files more ethics charges against Duke lacrosse prosecutor
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state bar has added ethics charges to a complaint filed against the prosecutor who brought sexual assault charges against three Duke lacrosse players, accusing him of withholding DNA evidence and making misleading statements to the court.
The new charges by the North Carolina State Bar against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong were announced Wednesday and could lead to his removal from the state bar, according to a copy of the updated complaint.
The pictures of Nifong in his bathrobe are priceless. He just might get more than a slap on the wrist because he's handled himself in such a way that indicates some kind of emotional/mental dysfunction.
I'm really not the type to laugh at another person's misfortune, but this is all his fault! ALL. What a jerk.
"Misleading the court" is a serious charge and could cover any number of things, but most likely involves him knowing the DNA evidence(or lack thereof) totally contradicted the claims of the accuser, knew she had not properly identified those he brought charges against but lead the court to believe the complete opposite.
Perp walk time!
I have to give Mike Savage credit, he called this a railroad job from day 1 of the charges and he was deadcenter.
I have to give Mike Savage credit, he called this a railroad job from day 1 of the charges and he was deadcenter.
Just announced....
Hearing live on FOX......coming up soon
URGENT
NC state bar files more ethics charges against Duke lacrosse prosecutor
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By AARON BEARD
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state bar has added ethics charges to a complaint filed against the prosecutor who brought sexual assault charges against three Duke lacrosse players, accusing him of withholding DNA evidence and making misleading statements to the court.
The new charges by the North Carolina State Bar against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong were announced Wednesday and could lead to his removal from the state bar, according to a copy of the updated complaint.
Nifong’s office arranged for a private lab to conduct DNA testing as part of the investigation into allegations three men raped a 28-year-old woman hired to perform as a stripper at a party thrown by the lacrosse team last March.
Those tests uncovered genetic material from several men on the woman’s underwear and body, but none from any lacrosse player. The bar complaint alleges those results weren’t released to defense lawyers in a timely fashion and that Nifong repeatedly said in court he had turned over all evidence that would potentially benefit the defense.
Nifong’s actions constitute a “systematic abuse of prosecutorial discretion ... prejudicial to the administration of justice,” the complaint read.
Nifong was to appear with his attorney at a procedural conference Wednesday morning to discuss scheduling and other administrative details of the ethics complaint.
Last month, the bar charged Nifong with violating four rules of professional conduct by making misleading and inflammatory comments about the athletes under suspicion. Citing the conflict of interest created by the ethics charges, Nifong asked the state attorney general’s office to take over the lacrosse case.
Attorney General Roy Cooper has pledged a thorough review of the remaining charges pending against lacrosse players Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann. While Nifong dropped rape charges in late December after the accuser changed a key detail in her story, they are still charged with sexual offense and kidnapping.
All have strongly maintained their innocence.
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As facts get in his way
Nothing can stop the Duke D.A.
And even diff'rent DNA
Won't keep him from his crusade
Yes, he, oh he'll get his guy wrong, oh oh
'Cause he is Michael Nifong
And he's the Duke D.A.
So hey yea yea yeah
Rich lacrosse-team white guys
Need a taste of justice to bring them down
So tell some little white lies
That the media will spread around
Yes, he, oh he'll get his guy wrong, oh oh
'Cause he is Michael Nifong
And he's the Duke D.A.
So hey yea yea yeah
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Duke, Duke, Duke D.A.
Duke, Duke . . .
Yes, he, oh he'll get his guy wrong, oh oh
'Cause he is Michael Nifong
And he's the Duke D.A.
So hey yea yea yeah
Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke D.A.
Duke, Duke, Duke D.A.
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Not sure if it means anything, but CNN just said the hearing will be coming up in about five minutes. They showed the courtroom with Nifong sitting at a table by himself.