News outlets are reporting that the North Carolina Bar has filed additional charges against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifongbased upon his deliberate withholding of exculpatory DNA test results from the defense in the Duke rape case (see my earlier post on the possibility that these additionalo charges would be filed here). ...
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Category Archives: Duke rape case
Nifong’s Replacement Is No Prize
This past Friday's Raleigh News and Observer contained a troubling article about James Coman, the special prosecutor appointed to take Mike Nifong's place on the Duke rape case. If the article is to be bedlieved - and I have absolutely no reason to question the facts set forth in the article - Mr. Coman ...
More Charges for Nifong?
Today's Raleigh News & Observer reports on more possible trouble for our favorite prosecutor, Mike Nifong. Seems Nifong was warned very early in the acse by defense lawyer Joe Cheshire that his comments to the press appeared to cross ethical boundaries. Ethics experts believe that this could undercut any effort by Nifong to argue ...
Nifong Out
The North Carolina Attorney General today granted Mike Nifong's request to be removed from the Duke Rape Case, the AP reports. Nifong claims he is disappointed to have to leave the case. I expect he might be more disappointed if he gets disbarred.
Nifong Asks To Be Removed (and some predictions)
News outlets are reporting this evening that Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has at long last asked the North Carolina Attorney General to remove him from the Duke Rape case. A couple of predictions: 1. The AG will in fact remove Nifong and appoint a special prosecutor. 2. The special prosecutor, after rveiewing the body ...
Duke Finally Does Something Right
Duke University today finally did something right. It invited lacrosse players Colin Finnerty and Reade Seligman to return to school as students in good standing. ABC nes posted this report earlier today. While this gesture does not nearly absolve the Duke administration of its reprehensible prejudgment of this case in its early stages, it ...
NC Bar Files Ethics Charges Against Nifong
Surprise, surprise. It is reported that the North Carolina bar has filed ethics charges against Durham district attorney Mike Nifong relating to his handling of the Duke rape case. The report states that Nifong's punishment could range from a reprimand to disbarment. It is also possible that he could be forced off the case. In ...
The Amazing Mendacity of Mike Nifong
The New York Times recently ran this story on the dismassal of rape charges against the Duke Three. The story raises till further questions about Mike Nifong's competence as a prosecutor, as well as his integrity. Read more below the fold. I do not want to engage in a full sclae fisking of The Times ...
What Next in the Duke Rape Case
Andrew Cohen has a short discussion of what is likely to happen next in the Duke rape case in today's Washington Post. What ought to be next is a dismissal of all remaining charges.
ESPN’s Report on the Duke Rape Case
ESPN.com has this report on today's developments in the Duke case. To my mind, one of the more entertaining elements of this story - and I have seen it reported elsewhere - is the bit about the sign on Nifong's office door pleading "No media, please!" Wonder why. UPDATE: If you are interested in this ...