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"And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean." Just how low has the reputation of the former DUke lacrosse "rape" prosecuter, Mike Nifong fallen? So low that even many DUmmies now rebuke him as you can see in this THREAD titled, "about the duke lacrosse case...they put themselves in this situation." Although the DUke lacrosse players accused in this "rape" case (now dropped) were initially condemned by the usual leftwing suspects, especially far left Duke...

A second congressman has urged the Department of Justice to investigate whether the district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault violated the rights of the defendants. Rep. Peter King, whose Long Island district includes relatives of one of the accused students, Collin Finnerty, urged Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez to begin an investigation into Mike Nifong, who asked last week to be recused from the case. "I am deeply disappointed by your apparent decision to defer a decision whether to investigate Mr. Nifong's prosecution of this case," King wrote to Gonzalez, arguing that the FBI should investigate whether the prosecutor...

Republican's District Includes Collin Finnerty's Garden City (CBS/AP) WASHINGTON -- Long Island Congressman Peter King on Wednesday urged the Justice Department to investigate the district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sex offense case to see if he violated the rights of the accused. King's district includes the family of one of the accused students, Collin Finnerty, of Garden City. Justice Department officials said Tuesday that they had rejected a similar request from North Carolina congressman Walter Jones, also a Republican. A Justice Department spokeswoman said it's premature to initiate a federal investigation while criminal charges are pending. District Attorney Mike...