Posted by
Reeson on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:34:30 AM
No kidding. Of course, we don't have access to all the information involved in this case, but from what's publicly available this guy should, at a minimum, have his law license revoked. Excerpts from
Yahoo News:
By AARON BEARD, Associated Press WriterSun Jan 14, 10:30 PM ET
Forced by allegations of misconduct to recuse himself, the prosecutor who drove the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case could end up losing much more than the opportunity to try a case he still believes in.
For Mike Nifong, the missteps of the past 10 months have the potential to end a career that started nearly three decades ago, when he signed up at the Durham County district attorney's office as an unpaid assistant.
Nifong asked the state attorney general's office Friday to take over the case of three lacrosse players accused of sexually assulting a stripper hired to perform at a team party.
Now, he must now defend himself against ethics charges that could lead to his being stripped of his law license. Should Attorney General Roy Cooper dismiss the case against Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann — and legal experts have said there appears to be little evidence to support the charges — their families might try to sue Nifong.
As a prosecutor, Nifong enjoys broad but not absolute immunity from civil litigation, and the families of the indicted players have hinted they plan to sue. Asked in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" what she would say to Nifong should they meet, Evans' mother said, "Mr. Nifong, you've picked on the wrong families ... and you will pay every day for the rest of your life."