State Bar Files Complaint Against Mike Nifong

WRAL ^ | Dec 28, 2006 | Staff

[abb]

Raleigh — The North Carolina State Bar has filed an ethics complaint against Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong.

[toldyou]

Thank you!

[I want to know]

That woman up for judgeship in November, it wasn't Linda Stephens, (appointed by Easley, wife of Donald W. Stephens, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, and sister-in-law to Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Stephens, Donald's twin)?

Interviews Underway for District Judgeship

Those known to have interviewed for the judgeship this week are lawyers Kerry Sutton and Brian Wilkes, along with Assistant Public Defender Shannon Tucker.

[Jezebelle]

The NC bar is NOT unified.

[Gideon Reader]

Why not hang this prick along with Saddam, and save the trouble along the road.
Except for Greta Von Sustern having to revert to NATALIE.

[Jezebelle]

I agree. They're throwing him under the bus to save face and to give the appearance of being pro-active so that they can avoid any legislation that undermines their authority by transferring to or adding the AG as an oversight entity.

[EVO X]

Part of growing up is learning how to exercise "Good Judgement". The point is not to kill the young'uns when they make their mistakes

I agree. The DA had an initial obligation to look into the rape charges. It is pretty clear now that the DA shouldn't have filed charges or at worst dropped them when the DNA came back negative. Regardless of the outcome of this, this will be a topic of discussion in Trouble Avoidance 101 for jocks and rich kids..

[Jezebelle]

You said they should have been studying. That's what spring break has to do with this.

They stayed in town because the coach wanted them to practice.

Your position that this is somehow their fault is absurd. I don't approve of their behavior, but it's pretty mild by comparison to a lot of what goes on during spring break.

[ladyjane]

If I was Cash, I would write something like this:

If I was Cash I'd be embarassed.

[Jezebelle]

Well said.

[Jezebelle]

LMAO!

[Jezebelle]

I think "afraid" describes it better than "embarrassed."

Showing that case to another DA would be tantamount to a confession, complete with evidence.

[EVO X]

Your position that this is somehow their fault is absurd. I don't approve of their behavior, but it's pretty mild by comparison to a lot of what goes on during spring break.

I'll try and weasel out of this again. I never said it was their fault. I said poor judgment contributed to the mess.

Spring break behavior isn't legal in all jurisdictions.

[Ken H]

What's that sound Mr. Neefong hears growing louder? It's The Hounds of Justice!

[Howlin]

Good lord; talk about a hammering.

[bjc]

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging!!

Nifong's behavior has been so outrageous that to find fault with anything some young men apparently did is simply muddying the water.

[bjc]

I agree. And as in Black Birch's case, they should quit digging also: The inexcusable cannot be excused.

[Ken H]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2760232

DAs Call for Prosecutor in Duke Lacrosse Case to Step Down

By LARA SETRAKIAN

ABC News Law & Justice Unit

Dec. 29, 2006 — In yet another moral blow to Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys called for the prosecutor to step down from the Duke lacrosse case.

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"It's extraordinarily unusual and it means a great deal," said Joshua Marquis, a district attorney in Clatsop County, Ore.

"As prosecutors, we do not try our cases in the media. We do not file charges frivolously," Marquis, who is active in the National District Attorneys Association, told ABC News.

"I do not know what the merit of the charges are, but Mr. Nifong has not brought respect to our profession," Marquis said. "Some of his actions have brought great disrepute on the profession of prosecution."

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"My opinion is that this crystallizes the conflict of interest," Thomas Metzloff, a member of the North Carolina bar and professor at Duke Law School, told ABC News.

[supercat]

What is that you say? This happens everyday to poor black men without the resources of these Duke families?

Right, and it will keep happening unless the prosecutors who are caught engaging in such shenanigans are brought to justice.

I do find it interesting, though, how many liberals are more interested in protecting the guilty than the innocent. Compare the attention Stanley ("Tookie") Williams has received to that of Cory Maye.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

How right you are......The libs are crying buckets over Saddam.

[Jane Austen]

I see your point. There are two separate issues here. Maybe now our kids will be more likely to listen when we tell them not to ever get involved with strippers, particularly in Durham. It is the "everybody does it" argument that is absurd.

The other issue here is Nifong framing innocent persons for rape when all they are guilty of is being sleazy and stupid. The very idea of facing a trial that can send you away for a very long time (even though you are innocent) is a horrible torture.