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Disgraceful Nifong should depart | StarNewsOnline.com | Star-News | Wilmington, NC
 

Disgraceful Nifong should depart | StarNewsOnline.com | Star-News | Wilmington, NC

Disgraceful Nifong should depart


Mike Nifong has demonstrated that he is not ethically or professionally fit to prosecute a littering case, much less the sexual assault case involving three Duke lacrosse players.

We know the players are guilty of hiring two strippers for a party. Whether they are guilty of anything worse is something we may never know.

The woman who accused them turns out to be about as credible as the Durham district attorney who sought publicity – during his campaign for re-election – by rushing to prosecute and publicly denounce the kids she picked from of a lineup of player photos.

Nifong dropped the rape charges last week after his chief witness changed her story once again. Yet he refused to drop other charges, some of which carry the same penalties.

If these lacrosse louts broke any laws, they probably will get away with it. No jury in its right mind would believe anything the accuser or Nifong said.

Last week, the director of a lab testified that Nifong talked him into withholding evidence that might help the defense. And there was such evidence. Withholding it broke the law.

Nor was that a surprise. Documents and statements reveal, according to The News & Observer, that “Nifong has repeatedly misrepresented his actions in filings and in face-to-face dealings with judges.”

Hiding behind paper hung over the windows of his office, Nifong issues written statements and refuses to talk with North Carolina reporters. Yet Thursday he gave a three-hour interview to The New York Times.

Nifong doesn’t owe an explanation to the readers of a national newspaper. He owes an explanation to the people who elected him. He owes it to the people of this state.

But he owes them more: his resignation.

 

Forgive me if this has been posted.

Credit to Liestoppers (I think that is where I saw it)

120 posted on 12/30/2006 1:00:15 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: JLS
from the above article:

Hiding behind paper hung over the windows of his office

If I say the word I am thinking, I will be banned...
Hint: starts with "P" and ends with "y"

122 posted on 12/30/2006 1:02:17 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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