Nifong Charged With Additional Ethics Violations
The North Carolina State Bar has added still more charges against Durham County District Attorney and well known Duke non-rape persecutor Mike Nifong. These charges are enough for Nifong's removal from the state bar. The words "prosecutorial" and "abuse" are now in play. It seems to be shipwreck day around here. First a schooner, now a career.
The new charges by the North Carolina State Bar against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong were announced Wednesday and could lead to his removal from the state bar, according to a copy of the updated complaint.
Nifong's office arranged for a private lab to conduct DNA testing as part of the investigation into allegations three men raped a 28-year-old woman hired to perform as a stripper at a party thrown by the lacrosse team last March.
Those tests uncovered genetic material from several men on the woman's underwear and body, but none from any lacrosse player. The bar complaint alleges those results weren't released to defense lawyers in a timely fashion and that Nifong repeatedly said in court he had turned over all evidence that would potentially benefit the defense.
Nifong's actions constitute a "systematic abuse of prosecutorial discretion … prejudicial to the administration of justice," the complaint read.
Nifong is going to be lucky to escape criminal charges, if he does. I am willing to bet the civil suit against him is going to be positively biblical in proportions.
UPDATE: ABC News coverage here. Nifong's in trouble.
