Nifong cries a river. Still gets disbarred.
“You can’t do justice in sound bites. The way to arrive at a determination of the facts is to hear in a fair and open proceeding all of the evidence … then to determine what the facts are, and we’ve done that this week. That did not happen and was not going to happen, apparently, in the Duke lacrosse case.” - NC State Bar Chairman Lane Williamson 6/16/07
The now former Durham County district attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred yesterday by the NC State Bar. The ironies of course are glaring and voluminous in the Duke Lacrosse case. To note any earns one an instant nomination as “Master of the Obvious”. Today, I get my nomination. Nifong took the case as a instrument to champion his cause to win election in November 2006. It was meant to give him credibility, respect and fame. In the end, the case shredded his credibility and destroyed all respect the public has of him. To be fair he has kept he fame; albeit the more pejorative ‘notoriety’ kind. The three wrongly accused players never found themselves on trial due to Nifong’s case; but Nifong would find himself on trial for his actions. I relent. This is just too easy. Pointing out the ironies is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Read the rest of this entry »