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Thursday, 28 December 2006
Nifong slapped with ethics complaint

Nifong in Trouble
John Hinderaker

The North Carolina bar filed charges today against Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong in connection with the Duke lacrosse prosecution. Nifong apparently has been under investigation since last March. He is charged with making inflammatory comments to the media about the defendants in the case, and with "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation" in connection with the exculpatory DNA evidence that he apparently tried to conceal. Nifong faces penalties ranging up to disbarment.

Our criminal justice system reposes a tremendous amount of discretion in prosecutors. When prosecutors are corrupt, like Nifong or Ronnie Earle of Travis County, Texas, who ruined Tom DeLay's public career, the consequences can be devastating.  ...

Allahpundit has more here.

Posted by Bill Faith on December 28, 2006 at 07:23 PM | Permalink

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