The Discerning Texan
-- Edmund Burke
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Duke Lacrosse Players Cleared in Strongly Worded Indictment of DA Nifong
I'm not even sure disbarment is enough--if Scooter Libby deserves jail for his non-crime (NOT), then Nifong should be up on obstruction charges.This case has been a travesty since its start. The district attorney, Mike Nifong, made his case in public right from the start, acting very inappropriately and inflaming local passions against the accused. Later, it turned out that Nifong knew about the exculpatory DNA results but conspired with the lab to keep the results from the defendants -- an act that likely violated the law and the civil rights of the defendants, and certainly violated any sense of legal ethics.
The North Carolina Bar already has Nifong under investigation for his many questionable acts in this case. Nifong wanted to ride the Duke players all the way to re-election, and he managed to do that. The state Bar should make sure that Nifong does not profit from his unethical and potentially illegal misconduct. Disbarring him would force Nifong to resign his office, the least punishment he should receive for his actions in a year-long nightmare for three falsely-accused students.
Meanwhile, Shepard Smith goes absolutely postal on Nifong on Fox News. Check out the video--as usual Hot Air is on its game. Be sure to check Allah's links too--and watch both the videos.
This is what happens when the politics of POWER trumps doing the right thing. Unfortunately this has become a staple of the Democrat playbook. All you have to do is turn on the TV: It is happening right now in the halls of Congress and in places like Damascus. It is endangering our troops in Iraq--and in the long term it is endangering each one of us.
2008 cannot come fast enough for me. Everything is at stake. Everything.
Labels: Democrat, Judicial, Travesty of Justice
