Posted on 12/28/2006 2:49:23 PM PST by Snickering Hound
The North Carolina bar filed an ethics complaint Thursday against the prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case, accusing him of breaking four rules of professional conduct when speaking to the reporters about the sensational case. The punishment for ethics violations can range from admonishment to disbarment.
Among the rules District Attorney Mike Nifong was accused of violating was a prohibition against making comments "that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public comdemnation of the accuser."
In a statement, the bar said it opened a case against Nifong in March 30, a little more than two weeks after the party where a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University hired to perform as a stripper said she was raped.
Nifong did not immediately return a call for comment.
Nor did defense attorney Joseph Cheshire, who represents one of the three lacrosse players charged with sexual offense and kidnapping.
Last week, Nifong dropped the rape charges against the three athletes after the stripper wavered in her story.
Well...it was coming. A LONG TIME coming.
Good news.
About time.
IMO, the most serious violation was concealing exculpatory evidence. Looks like somebody else is going to have to file on that one.
The sequel to Bonfires of The Vanities.
Disbarment gets my vote,since execution isnt an option.
The AP is turning on Nifong as evidenced by the recharacterization of the woman's occupation from dancer to stripper.
Nothing about the DNA results in the entire article!
"The AP is turning on Nifong as evidenced by the recharacterization of the woman's occupation from dancer to stripper."
Good catch.
There is more than that. He should be disbarred for deliberately trying to put innocent people in jail in order to further his career.
'bout time!
Now we need the federal equivalent filed against Fitzpatrick for the Plame "outing."
Both of these cases have wasted a ton of taxpayer dollars.
They're upset with him for saying something AGAINST the accuser? Sheesh.
Long past time.
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Well, you know, in the words of Donna Summer: "she works hard for the money, she works hard for it honey . . ."
Looks like Nifong is about to lose more than money for an egregious failure to exercise good judgment.
I was reading that as 'accused.' Thanks for pointing that out. I can only hope it's an AP typo, because otherwise it makes no sense.
In a statement, the bar said it opened a case against Nifong in March 30, a little more than two weeks after the party where a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University hired to perform as a stripper said she was raped.
not to mention the perjury that may have occurred when he denied on the stand that he was aware of the report which the private research lab had previously kept concealed at his behest.
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