Nifong disbard. Good ridance.
 

No, sorry Mike. You don't get to legally lynch rich white kids just to get votes from the locals.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/06/16/duke.lacrosse/index.html

Thats great! I noticed that the players will lobby for criminal charges. I would like to see them sue his ass off first. They deserve restitution.

What took so long?

I think he enjoys absolute immunity and cannot be sued.

What a farce. He should be executed. Virtually every attorney in Durham gave to his campaign. The legal profession should be held to a much higher standard than the rest of the population but they are instead held to a much lower standard – one that they define.

If a few sob’s like him were executed it would put a stop to some of our legal system problems.

The students and their families lives were turned upside down and they spent over 3M to get to this point. Its scary to think what would have happened if the students had not had the resources to defend to the extent that they did. Other lives were also affected, for instance the coach who was forced to quit his job. I am sure there were other who suffered greatly and were lost in the legal scuffle. I doubt anyone will ever recover a penny from this guy. He is still protected by the legal system.

Wonder if reverend Jessie has coughed up for the girl’s college education yet. Another bad joke.

I am a former prosecutor, and I'm happy to see the Nifong result. It's just awful how that case transpired. I credit 60 minutes for their investigative report that exposed Nifong's, and his staff's misconduct....truly disgusting.

As far as a lawsuit, I think there will be standing to do so, as his conduct was egregious.

Good luck to the players who's lives were so negatively effected. I hope this is a wakeup call for the loads of other prosecutors who for some reason choose to prosecute cases with nothing less than lackluster evidence.

J

So you know/think he can be sued personally?

He WILL be sued personally. It's up to a judge to determine whether the cause of action can be sustained, but there is no doubt in my mind that he will lose the shirt on his back....either in judgments or the funds he'll need to defend himself.

I would think the county he served will take a significant hit on this matter as well. I would imagine there will be a wrongful arrest/prosecution action, as well as allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.

J

Their lives were turned upside down for over a year and they spent collectively over 3 million dollars not to mention the others who's lives were greatly affected and tax payers money thrown away - and they get a good luck. That's nice and I am sure everyone negatively affected would appreciate hearing that. Like I said a farce.

Love it when lawyers eat one of their own.. Tough business. ;-)

One less lawyer in the world. I see that as an inherently positive thing.

The sick thing is that it is NOT one less lawyer in the world. All he needs to do is go take the bar exam in another state, which I assure you he will. He may in fact already be lic. in other states. And on top of that, he will get a job, because lawyers will gloss over the seriousness of what he has done.

My sister is a lawyer and she pointed out that the Ethics Boards of most states hold DA's to a higher standard than defense attorneys because the DA has virtually unlimited resources compared to the average Joe. The courts will give slack on a pro bono attorney or one who has only one secretary over the resources of the county/state which usually has many times more resources. Nifong has no excuse about his staff dropping the ball or whatever excuse. In addition to that, he had mounds of evidence exonerating one or more of those boys, early on, but he caved to Al Sharpton, et. al.

He got what he deserved!

What I fail to see is how such a seemingly intelligent person can make such stupid decisions in the public eye. Always boggles my mind.

He liked the power and prestige of the public office he held. He knew that the people who vote in that area would not re-nominate him, let alone re-elect him without indictments. There are still people in that area that believe that these boys did something to the stripper.

And he may have believed that they were guilty. He highlighted the evidence that showed they were guilty and ignored that which exonerated them.

Maybe we'll get lucky and if he has a shred of decency, he'll kill himself over the shame. (And lawsuits).

Fat chance, though.

Yeah, he really believed they were guilty. Including the one who wasn't even there at the time she said it happened. As was conclusively proved by his ATM receipts and security cameras.

Thats one I could not believe. The kid had proof that he was not there but this ass kept trying to get him convicted even after the evidence showed none of them were guilty. What a wonderful piece of you know what....

I don't see it as a stupid decision making process. He was probably shocked that he didn't sail this right through the legal system, because it is common practice. It takes place ivery day in cases ranging from private land use, traffic code, on up to cases like Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidians. I remember like it was yesterday when Janet Reno claimed she was defending the children when she burned them all alive. This is the face of Fascism.