Nifong should be forced to resign if he won't do it voluntarily.
So basically, the State Bar isn't going to let Nifong's attorney (and former NC Bar chair) lead them around by the nose!
So a Democrats playbook is finally exposed!
Is there a legal definition of "skirt the system?" I doubt it.
I think this is the "good news" for everyone involved that we expected at the end of last week. I would say this is good news for everyone but Nifong and his attorney. LOL!
The statements he made to the press will be very damning. I would love to hear the evidence he as to back them up because there is not any. Also withholding evidence to the defence will not be good for him. He should be toast.
Nifong is just one more agenda driven Stalinist who has to be removed. He has done enormous injury to our legal system. He has shown us that the presumption of innocence can be dismissed with a single press conference.
"A North Carolina State Bar response to Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong's request for dismissal of some of the charges against him suggests that Nifong has attempted to skirt the system in his handling of the Duke lacrosse case."
"Skirted the system"? What kind of compliance standard is that, for Pete's sake? It sounds like the state bar is getting ready to whitewash some serious ethical violations.
Hmmmmm.
In other news, scientists report that the ocean is somewhat damp.
"Hang'im high!"
If a prosecutor tries to "skirt the system" by filing serious charges against citizens, how is that not abuse of power?
Nifong's case to be heard in June, why not let him stew for as long as he has let the Duke boys sweat it out, and not be able to hold a job or earn a salary.
New Duke Article ?
Now that the case is out of the news Nifong will be given a mild reprimand and nothing else will happen to him.
The News & Observer
Published: Mar 19, 2007 01:37 PM
Modified: Mar 19, 2007 01:46 PM
Nifong seeks dismissal of Bar complaint
By Anne Blythe, Staff Writer
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong provided the N.C. State Bar further evidence for why he thinks some of the ethics charges against him should be dismissed.
In documents filed late Friday, Nifong argues that he did not violate the constitutional rights of the three defendants in the Duke lacrosse case when he did not turn over all the DNA evidence.
Nifong presented several court cases to support his claim that the defendants have not been denied a right to a fair trial because they received the information before a trial date has been set.
The district attorney, who could be disbarred if the State Bar charges are proven, also said that neither state law nor court orders required him to write a report of what he was told by the head of a private lab that did the DNA testing.
The State Bar has said that Nifong first learned of DNA results favorable to the accused on April 10 but instructed the lab director not to list those results on a written report. The Bar said Nifong never gave the players a complete report, as required by the State Bar and state law.
Defense lawyers repeatedly asked for the information.
Nifong turned over 1,844 pages of raw data after a judge ordered him to do so.
Nifong’s filing comes several weeks after he told the Bar he did not mean to do anything wrong in the Duke lacrosse case.
Nifong did not intentionally withhold DNA evidence favorable to the accused, Winston-Salem lawyers David Freedman and Dudley Witt wrote in a 49-page filing submitted to the State Bar on Feb. 28, nor did he mean to create pretrial prejudice when he gave numerous interviews to the news media after an escort service dancer, they added.
As Nifong battles charges of ethical violations brought by the Bar in December and January, the three former Duke lacrosse players fight sexual assault and kidnapping charges.
Nifong should be disbarred and prosecuted.
My bet is that he'll get a wrist slap, if that.
Pants Him!