Here, read this real quick, and I will give my thoughts on it(you knew I couldn't resist).
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Disciplinary Panel Disbars Duke Prosecutor
By AARON BEARD
AP
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 16) - District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday for his "selfish" rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players - a politically motivated act, his judges said, that he inexplicably allowed to fester for months after it was clear the defendants were innocent.
"This matter has been a fiasco. There's no doubt about it," said F. Lane Williamson, the chairman of the three-member disciplinary committee that stripped the veteran prosecutor of his state law license.
Even Nifong and his attorneys supported the decision, though the veteran prosecutor refused to admit to the end that no crime occurred at a March 2006 lacrosse team party.
The committee said Nifong manipulated the investigation to boost his chances of winning his first election for Durham County district attorney. In doing so, he committed "a clear case of intentional prosecutorial misconduct" that involved "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation."
Williamson specifically cited Nifong's comments in the early days of the case, which included a confident proclamation at a candidate forum that he wouldn't allow Durham to become known for "a bunch of lacrosse players from Duke raping a black girl." He also called the lacrosse team "a bunch of hooligans" at one point.
Even Nifong and his attorneys supported the decision, though the veteran prosecutor refused to admit to the end that no crime occurred at a March 2006 lacrosse team party.
The committee said Nifong manipulated the investigation to boost his chances of winning his first election for Durham County district attorney. In doing so, he committed "a clear case of intentional prosecutorial misconduct" that involved "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation."
Williamson specifically cited Nifong's comments in the early days of the case, which included a confident proclamation at a candidate forum that he wouldn't allow Durham to become known for "a bunch of lacrosse players from Duke raping a black girl." He also called the lacrosse team "a bunch of hooligans" at one point.
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So, now this crooked prosecutor is out. A judge in the case handed him his walking papers today. This is only one case of a crooked prosecutor losing his job; there are others that need to be stopped. The one real crime in all of this; this asshole cost the families of those boys millions of dollars in legal fees, got the boys kicked out of college, and will STILL get his pension money! If he broke the law as they say he did, shouldn't he go to jail?
We have an asshole around here just like this guy. He is the county prosecutor, and a judge at times. He is also an attorney to people who pay him. He will agree to take someone's case for a fee, and the other side will come in and get him for a larger fee, so he drops the first client. This is, naturally, after he has all the information he needs on the first client to win the case for the second client. Now, I don't know much about law, but wouldn't that come under the heading of "conflict of interest"?
I say that nearly all prosecutors are dirty dealing, underhanded, and plain out crooks. This Mike Nifong case is just the tip of the iceberg. I say "burn them all". They all lie and cheat, and will do anything to win a case, even if the person/s are innocent. Even when they are found to be lying, they never go to jail for their crimes. That is just wrong!
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