Nifong needs to be beaten severely.

polksda

Watching the interview with the parents of the 3 Duke lacrosse players on 60 Minutes.

DA Nifong needs to be beaten, disbarred, beaten, sued, and then beaten again.

My. God.

The sunofabitch had exculpatory DNA evidence 7 days BEFORE HE EVEN INDICTED THEM, and then didn't reveal it for months. No one from his office ever interviewed the "victim" until 10 months after the incident.

Talk about railroading... and I extend my middle fingers to all the race baiters.

Duke University needs to be sued as well. They're backpeddling like a mo' fo over this.

shawn474

This guy is a P.O.S......He lobbied in the media for re-election in a racially charged area and turned the lives of three guys and a coach upside down with NO evidence whatsoever. The guy should be disbarred and put in jail for a very long time. IF these charges are unfounded and turn out to be false accusations, the girl needs to be prosecuted as well. It is a shame when this case has dragged out for so long with what seems to be no substantiated proof of anything happening at all.

ohskigod

the truly sad thing is that this will set back genuine rape cases and victims as well. this Nifong is a piece of **** on so many levels. even if the three did do something illegal, the prosecution was so botched that its over before it starts. I imagine after a thorough file lookover, the state's attorney general is gonna punt the ball on this.

aaharvel

shawn474 wrote:

This guy is a P.O.S......He lobbied in the media for re-election in a racially charged area and turned the lives of three guys and a coach upside down with NO evidence whatsoever. The guy should be disbarred and put in jail for a very long time. IF these charges are unfounded and turn out to be false accusations, the girl needs to be prosecuted as well. It is a shame when this case has dragged out for so long with what seems to be no substantiated proof of anything happening at all.

yup that's pretty much it.

oh, and the accuser should be thrown in jail; or something to that effect.

and i'm a Tarheel fan.

Mike682

My friend is UNC grad (under and grad school) and a huge tarheel fan. He hates Duke with a passion but has said those duke players were innocent since the story broke.

shack

The evidence mattered little here. EVERYONE (that mattered- unfortunately) just knew these spoiled rich boys flaunted the law and had thier way with this poor innocent stripper. The fact they were white and she was black had nothing to do with it. :rolleyes: Someone's head(s) had to roll. They were indicted because it was the RIGHT (ie: politically correct) thing to do. Forget the law, presumption of innocence, and all the other stuff as long as justice is serverd...Right?

shack

And BTW...did you see where one of the professors quit in protest because Duke offered to let the acused re-enter school. She might change her mind if she is ever put in their shoes.

F1nut

Can you say, witch hunt? Nifong might as well kiss his law days goodbye. He'll be lucky if he isn't the one behind bars.

ohskigod

F1nut wrote:

He'll be lucky if he isn't the one behind bars.

I truly hope your right. I think that since this is the supposedly the first time a state bar has issued an ethics complaint for a prosecutor during an active case, that it speaks volumes to the fact that it will be looked into. this isnt just an error, it was willfull witholding of exculpatory evidence (re: DNA). I think the major part of the complaint was his conduct on the airwaves back in April as well.

either way, his conduct, as a prosecutor, is downright frightening. Justice, be it action against his law lisence, or criminal, needs to be persued.

DarqueKnight

polksda wrote:

The sunofabitch had exculpatory DNA evidence 7 days BEFORE HE EVEN INDICTED THEM, and then didn't reveal it for months. No one from his office ever interviewed the "victim" until 10 months after the incident.

There's nothing unusual about withholding exculpatory evidence. It is routinely done by overzealous prosecutors who have a "winning is everything" mentality. The twist here is that these tactics are usually used against poor defendants who lack the means to adequately defend themselves against malicious prosecution.

Such outrageous conduct.

Bill Ayotte

I think that he is an outright idiot, and that he got caught up in the media circus. He seemed to really be into talking to the reporters, and really just fed them what they needed to make it a huge story. It didn't matter that he ruined the reputations of three people.

DarqueKnight

F1nut wrote:

Can you say, witch hunt? Nifong might as well kiss his law days goodbye. He'll be lucky if he isn't the one behind bars.

Nah. He'll be ok. The legal system looks out for its own. I don't know how it works in North Carolina, but in most jurisdictions, DA's have immunity from prosecution for any error they might make during the course of their official duties.

Nice work if you can get it.

shack

There may be no criminal charges (the disbarment has to to with a code of ethics) but civil suits may loom in his future...

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."

polksda

And now today all charges were dropped:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/lacrosse/2007-04-11-duke-caseclosed_N.htm

I would be suing the [CENSORED] out of Nifong and Duke University... some of the racebaiters who took part in the debacle early on need to be bludgeoned severely as well.

Bill Ayotte

This just proves that having an education doesn't mean you are actually smart.....

F1nut

some of the racebaiters who took part in the debacle early on need to be bludgeoned severely as well.

That would include sharpton......Yippie!!!

DarqueKnight

Bill Ayotte wrote: »

This just proves that having an education doesn't mean you are actually smart.....

This just proves that having the financial resources to fight an overzealous prosecutor can keep you from being wrongfully convicted. Lots of other people have done 10, 15, 20 or more years of hard time before the truth comes out and the state admits, "Oh, you know what, it turns out you WEREN'T guilty after all." In most cases, the wrongly imprisoned individual does not even get an apology from the state, even after it is shown that exculpatory evidence was withheld.:mad:

This kind of mess happens all the time. The only difference here is that the defendants had priveleged backgrounds and access to legal and financial resources.

Bill Ayotte

I highly doubt this is the first party that ever had a stripper at it........I can attest to that. I think that the woman may have known what the backgrounds of some of those players are and tried basically to extort them. I am sure she will bring a civil suit now.....

wallstreet

He'll do just fine with the ACLU.

Rivrrat

It's not just these three kids that should tie him to a post and use him as a target for goal scoring practice, the head coach of a successful lacrosse program at a prestegious university was basically forced to resign under pressure, and the rest of the team that was forced to sit out a season after Duke suspended the program over something that never happened in the first place.

I see civil suits in Nifongs future, after the criminal case is over.

daboyz

Where's Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton now?

F1nut

daboyz wrote: »

Where's Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton now?

They are busy diverting attention away from their screw up with the lacrosse players by creating another screw up in attacking Imus and hoping no one is going to call them on it. It's way past time to call for their resignation.

ohskigod

oh you know those familys are suing. they got the cash, finding an attorney to take a case like this (i.e. public profile) wont be too hard either.

a defense attorney said they wanted to file criminal charges against the accuser but decided not too, good move, I say just go for the cash and dont open up any other cans of worms. This type of prosecutorial abuse needs to have repurcusions.

Bill Ayotte

I think the players and their families need to go after Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson....They certainly said enough about the players and the case to get hit up for damages....File all of them separately, hit where it hurts three times each. If anyone has a case, it is those poor players....I would think that the ex-coach has a stake in all of this too....All of the pressure put on by the media and those two "hooligans" cost him his job....

TroyD

Don't get me started on this. I was watching the View this morning and one of the babes on there said to the effect while they may not of been guilty, they have probably done something like it in the past. She 'knows' guys like that.

Hello? Stereotyping? Anyone? Anyone?

Jesse refused to apologize because, basically, if they had a stripper, that was immoral etc etc. Even if that's true, it's not illegal. Whatever, he's got to raise money to support his illegitimate love child.

BDT