Nifong Admits: No Crime in Lacrosse Case

Atlanta Journal Constitution (AP) ^ | 7/26/07 | AARON BEARD

[gridlock]

I did a word search for “sorry” and “I apologize” and did not find them in this article. If Nifong said either of those things, you would expect that would have been the “money quote”.

I saw some blather about healing and moving on, but no “I’m sorry”.

[bmwcyle]

Nifong Admits: No Crime in Lacrosse Case

Nifong the crime is in the mirror.

[TexasCajun]

The players civil lawyers must be giddy today.

How soon will Nifong claim bankruptcy?

[xenophiles]

“I agree with state Attorney General there is no credible evidence that (the players) ... committed any of the crimes FOR WHICH *I* INDICTED THEM,” he said.

Much better. Or how about: "I'm sorry I lied to the court. I'm sorry I withheld vital exculpatory evidence. I'm sorry I tried to railroad these young men and send them to prison in order to further my career."

As far as I can see, Mr. Nifong hasn't yet come close to an apology, and I can't see why anyone "accepts" his weaseling.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

What you said

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Nifong Admits: No Crime in Lacrosse Case

What, malicious prosecution isn't a crime anymore?

[dfwgator]

We all need to heal," Nifong said. "It is my hope we can start this process today."

You serving jail time will go a long way towards starting the healing process.

[Cementjungle]

"I agree with state Attorney General there is no credible evidence that (the players) ... committed any of the crimes of which they were indicted," he said.

Doesn't sound like an apology to me. Where's his admission of why he did all this?

[daviscupper]

Nifong is what he is, and that is individual who was an opportunist without scruples. It ain’t so much about Nifong as it those who allowed Nifong to be Nifong. Duke University and much of the Durham community are much bigger disgraces than a single individual like Nifong. Common sense and decency are checks to a boy like Nifong going off the reservation. But there was little common sense or decency to keep this case from being the firestorm it was. All that Duke and Durham had to offer was liberal zealotry which was only fuel to the fire of injustice that came down on some innocent young men. You are right. Thank God the lacrosse players came from families who possessed the financial resources to take on the likes of Nifong, the "white-hating" community and the liberal stink-hole Duke University and its cesspool "politically correct" faculty.

[dez]

"We all need to heal," Nifong said. "It is my hope we can start this process today."

Healing a cancer can not begin until the cancer is removed from the system. Nifong and those like him are a cancer on our legal system.

While disbarring Nifong would be a beginning, it is probably insufficient to deter others in his position from attempting what he did. A little Old Testament justice, where Nifong suffers at least as much as the Duke men and their families have, is certainly in order.

As noted by others above, there were crimes in the Duke lacrosse case. They were malicious prosecution, obstruction of justice, withholding evidence, and perhaps even perjury, and they were all committed by Nifong. Justice will not be served unless and until Nifong becomes the convicted felon that he claimed the Duke men were.

[Signalman]

How about the gang of 88. When are these POC going to apologize?

[SkyPilot]

No Crime in Lacrosse Case

Wrong! Besides NiFong's crimes, there are a few more:

1. Lying to Police Officers

2. Filing False Charges

3. Conspiracy

4. Lying to Prosecutors

5. Possession of Illegal Narcotics

6. Prostitution

I am sure there are many, many more.

[ridesthemiles]

I hope that he never again is involved in the justice system...Nor can he “teach” others.....

[definitelynotaliberal]

Remember his original ‘apology’? “To the extent that ......” What a poop chute!

[SergeiRachmaninov]

"We all need to heal," Nifong said. "It is my hope we can start this process today."

Aw shucks, Mr. Nifong, it's been so long. No need to rush the healing now.

We need to allow a little interval for YOU to squirm and for US to enjoy the schadenfreude

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[Clam Digger]

Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong acknowledged Thursday there is "no credible evidence" that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he accused them of

That does not jive with the title, because that bimbo sure commited acrime of falsely filing a police report, and the ensuing Nifonging was criminal as well.

[JamesP81]

The prosecutors are supposed to be the good guys. It’s the defense lawyers that are the slimy ones that pull the kind of stunts he did.

Frequently I find this not to be the case. You can say what you want about criminal defense attorneys, but no matter what they do, they have this: everyone accused of a crime has an unalienable right to competent, aggressive, and capable legal representation. Criminal defense attorneys make it possible for that right to be observed. Government lawyers, on the other hand, can't even say that for themselves. They are all equally as crooked as any other lawyer but have little to nothing positive to say for themselves.

[Rudder]

Call this an apology? To me it’s an admission of guilt.

[mkjessup]

If those Duke students who were wrongly accused had not had the advantage of families who were able to provide a top notch defense, but instead had been assigned a county public pretender (err, ‘defender’) for their case, they would already have been urged to take the plea deal which most likely would have been a combination of prison time, many years of probation during which they could be violated for any reason at all, and of course the obligatory inclusion in the states sex offender database for the rest of their natural lives.

And Nifong would have pointed to those prosecutions as a demonstration of his ‘dedication to seeing justice done’.

It is an unfortunate but true saying that when it comes to being charged with a serious crime, if you have money (and make no mistake I am not criticizing the Duke players or their families one iota), you get justice. But if you don’t have money, you get “just ice”.

The system is irrevocably broken when stuff like this happens. We need an oversight board that watches and monitors prosecutors at the county, state and federal level for just this kind of abuse.

Hello Patrick Fitzfong? Hello Johnny ‘Dear Friend’ Sutton?

This means you.

[RSmithOpt]

Nifong, the Narcissistic Nut, has been very busy transferring the ownership of his property (house, vacation home, luxury car, stock investments) to friends and family. The media isn't bothering to stay on this angle, neither.

Why?

I thinks it's because Nife the Nut-Nong and those within the judicial system and the media know he's getting ready to get his butt sued big time in civil court.

I hope the players and their families are able to recover all their legal fees and associated costs, and if Snake-Fong is left penniless, so be it. If they can garnish a person's paycheck for back taxes and back child support, then the courts should allow garnishment of his income even Social Security, etc. until his death if that is what it takes to repay the damage to those families of the wrongfully accused.