ABC News reports that the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case has stopped cooperating with prosecutors, refusing to answer their questions. Big surprise. Could be she’s finally realized that she could be facing a perjury rap and doesn’t want to dig herself a deeper hole by continuing to perpetuate the lie. One source quoted in…
Category Archives: Duke rape case
Duke Lacrosse Grand Jurors Express Doubts About Case
According to ABC News, three of the members of the grand jury that returned the rape, sexual assault and kidnapping indictments against 3 Duke lacrosse players last year now have doubts about the charges in light of the information that has come tolight since. Yet further reason to remember that the mere fact that a…
More Charges for Nifong, Indeed
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). Mr. Nifong appears…
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 would…
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 that…
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…
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 is…
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.