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Duke lax prosecutor facing ethics trial (DukeLax Ping0
Newsday ^ | June 4, 2007 | Joseph Mallia

Posted on 06/04/2007 12:31:06 PM PDT by abb

Mike Nifong is now a defendant.

And Collin Finnerty will be there to watch him face justice.

Internationally known as the rogue prosecutor who improperly pursued rape charges against Finnerty and two other Duke University lacrosse players, the Durham, N.C., district attorney is now listed on the North Carolina State Bar docket -- on a list of the accused.

Nifong's trial on ethics charges will begin at 10 a.m. next Tuesday, June 12, in the Court of Appeals Building in downtown Raleigh, the bar association's executive director, Thomas Lunsford, said in a Monday interview.

Nifong plans take the stand to testify in his own defense, Kevin Finnerty of Garden City, Collin's father, said Monday.

"That means he will have to go through cross-examination and that could produce some interesting testimony," Kevin Finnerty said.

Nifong's trial comes after the North Carlina Attorney General Roy Cooper in April took the rare step of publicly declaring the innocence of those accused, as he dropped the charges against them.

The three had been accused by an exotic dancer of raping and holding her captive at an off-campus lacrosse team party March 13, 2006.

Asked Monday how his son feels about Nifong facing a trial that could end his career in shame, Kevin Finnerty said, "I think people are looking for justice to be served and that's all we're hoping for."

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; durham; durhamdirtbag; nifong
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1 posted on 06/04/2007 12:31:07 PM PDT by abb
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2 posted on 06/04/2007 12:31:47 PM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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Yea yea, he’ll get some administrative hearing before the BAR.. this guy needs to face criminal charges before the state!


3 posted on 06/04/2007 12:32:19 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: abb

If there’s any justice in this world, they need to nail this guy to the wall.


4 posted on 06/04/2007 12:32:48 PM PDT by The Blitherer (These are not dark days; these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. -WSC)
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To: abb

Who is this Mike Nifong person? LOL!


5 posted on 06/04/2007 12:33:09 PM PDT by TommyDale (More Americans are killed each day in the U.S. by abortion than were killed on 9/11 !)
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To: abb

“Nifong plans take the stand to testify in his own defense, Kevin Finnerty of Garden City, Collin’s father, said Monday.

“That means he will have to go through cross-examination and that could produce some interesting testimony,” Kevin Finnerty said.”

What’s that expression about a fool representing himself in court?


6 posted on 06/04/2007 12:33:23 PM PDT by milford421 (U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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7 posted on 06/04/2007 12:39:11 PM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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LOL! I love it!


8 posted on 06/04/2007 12:41:25 PM PDT by TommyDale (More Americans are killed each day in the U.S. by abortion than were killed on 9/11 !)
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lol


9 posted on 06/04/2007 12:44:18 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: Sue Perkick

10 posted on 06/04/2007 12:44:32 PM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: abb

Just turn this butthead over to the Duke LaCross team.


11 posted on 06/04/2007 12:53:38 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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Geez... please don’t post pix like this.


12 posted on 06/04/2007 12:56:40 PM PDT by pabianice
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Just turn this butthead over to the Duke Lacrosse team.

You have your participants mixed up. Butthead is the precedent of Duke.

13 posted on 06/04/2007 1:05:11 PM PDT by MrEdd (L. Ron Gore creator of "Fry-n-tology" the global warming religion.)
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To: abb

That’s the prosecutor formerly known as Lax, like in Ex-Lax...


14 posted on 06/04/2007 1:07:06 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: MrEdd
precedent = president.

Hey at least my mistyping made a real word.

15 posted on 06/04/2007 1:07:58 PM PDT by MrEdd (L. Ron Gore creator of "Fry-n-tology" the global warming religion.)
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To: pabianice
Is this better?


16 posted on 06/04/2007 1:09:20 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: MrEdd

Naw, he’s the past participle.


17 posted on 06/04/2007 1:09:54 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: abb

I predicted that he would get away with it. I hope I’m wrong. Until he goes to jail justice will not be done.


18 posted on 06/04/2007 1:11:08 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

This is pertinent to our discussion.

http://www.johnlocke.org/site-docs/lawyerdiscipline.pdf


19 posted on 06/04/2007 1:33:58 PM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Well, he’s not at risk of going to jail from this proceeding, and so far, it doesn’t look like he is at risk of going to jail at all.

No one seems to care much about what Nifong, DPD, DUMC, and Duke University did, as far as I can tell.

The emphasis so far seems to be on “moving on” and “healing”.

That is, sweep it all under the rug and pretend...


20 posted on 06/04/2007 1:41:47 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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