Breaking: Michael Nifong Wants Someone Else To Clean Up His Mess
Big news in the Duke lacrosse team rape sexual assault and kidnapping case. From ABC News: District Attorney Mike Nifong has requested that he have himself removed from prosecuting the Duke Lacrosse...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 01.16.07
* “Utah’s highest court says don’t diss the judiciary, or else it might diss-miss your case.” [How Appealing] * Major legal issues continue to arise at Gitmo. [Washington Post] * Libby trial jury...
View ArticleMike Nifong’s Response: ‘I Didn’t Mean To’
This is what you’d to say your mom when you were five years old, and you accidentally broke her favorite vase while playing freeze tag in the living room. But apparently it works for prosecutors...
View ArticleBreaking: Duke Lacrosse Team ‘Rape’ Case Going Away
Look for an official announcement later today: The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will announce that he is dismissing all charges against three Duke Lacrosse players, ABC News has...
View ArticleMike Nifong: The Doodoo Deepens
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, who rose to international infamy due to his handling of the Duke lacrosse team “rape” case, must now face the music. His trial on ethics charges brought by the...
View ArticleBreaking: Mike Nifong To Resign as Durham District Attorney
It’s a Friday afternoon in June. Of course it couldn’t pass without a high-profile resignation. From WRAL: Mike Nifong made the announcement at the end of his testimony Friday at his State Bar ethics...
View ArticleWhen the Headline Says It All
It’s official: Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred over the weekend. From the AP: The five-day ethics trial ended Nifong’s three-decade legal career, which he spent entirely as a...
View ArticleSex, Laws, and Videotape: Is David McDade The New Michael Nifong?
Billy Merck here, once again filling in for Lat while he squeezes out some more vacation before the summer gets away from us. We’ll be here today and Laurie Lin will be here tomorrow; Lat’s back next...
View ArticleMike Nifong to N.C. State Bar: The Dog Ate My Law License
Quite literally. From TSG: In a pathetic end to the Mike Nifong saga, the disgraced North Carolina prosecutor who handled the Duke rape investigation has turned in his law license, noting that he never...
View ArticleMike Nifong Is Bankrupt (and Not Just in the Ethical Sense)
From the Smoking Gun: Disgraced and disbarred, Mike Nifong is now bankrupt. The former North Carolina prosecutor, whose career imploded with his botched handling of the Duke University rape case, today...
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