Nifong (Duke Prosecutor) Admits He Should Be Disbarred.

RALEIGH, N.C. - District Attorney Mike Nifong said Saturday he should be disbarred following a disciplinary committee ruling that he broke numerous rules of professional conduct during his disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape.

Nifong vowed to waive any appeal of punishment imposed by a disciplinary committee.

Yahoo...

Wow, I didn't see that coming.

"Specifically, the bar's three-member disciplinary panel unanimously found Nifong guilty of fraud, dishonesty, deceit or misrepresentation; of making false statements of material fact before a judge; of making false statements of material fact before bar investigators, and of lying about withholding exculpatory DNA evidence.

Nifong had been charged with seven counts of violating the rules of professional conduct that govern attorney conduct in North Carolina.

During closing arguments attorney Doug Brocker of the North Carolina State Bar said Nifong engaged in a "systematic abuse of prosecutorial power and discretion in the Duke Lacrosse case."

The whole country knows he was the victim of his own overweening ambition and lack of conscience.
"Mad dog prosecutors" seems to be the norm, rather than the exception.

Matters little to me as long as he can't malpractice law again. Which is the maximum penalty in this instance. Criminal contempt charges that may occur could ratchet things up a little but that's a separate venue.

and discuss dignity.

Trying to railroad defendants that he knew were innocent deserves nothing less.

and why is this a non-story? A committee finds that a prosecutor tried to railroad some innocent defendants into a rape conviction, and it is no big deal?

every day...it's WHO it was that made the difference this time. The prison are full of people that have been wronged by overzealous prosecuters.Of course their mostly black & brown so who cares, huh ? :evilfrown:

to even out the stats? I don't see how that has anything to do with justice.

but, I want to know why there is no outrage for the exact same thing that's done on a dailey basis.

its a non story. I'm not saying I agree with her but thats what she said. she also followed up by saying we have more important issues in this country than worry about something like this.

Sorry if I took that the wrong way. To me, two wrongs don't make a right. Throwing innocent people in jail as a way to make up for unreported rapes is pretty sick.

Again, who is Randy?

At least he's saving a bit of face with this move.

good. The guy was a jerk.

The committee hasn't yet decided his punishment.

I'm not getting my hopes up but.. since the DoJ is of no help, it's the only game in town.

One less lawyer here in NC.

I don't get what he thought he was doing. It was plain stupid.