Nifong Files Bankruptcy
Disbarred District Attorney and convicted criminal has filed for bankruptcy protection. Mike Nifong cited more than $180 million dollars in liabilities and only $243,898 in assets of real and personal property. He filed for protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, the same day defendants were required to respond to a sweeping federal civil lawsuit filed in October by the three exonerated ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 16, 2008 11:28
Still More of the Duke Lacrosse Case
Just when you thought that the Duke Lacrosse (Faux) Rape Case was finally over, think again. The interim DA for Durham has asked the North Carolina AG to investigate whether charges should be brought against any law enforcement officer in the handling of the case. This would include disgraced fromer Durham DA Michael Nifong. Another person who ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 6, 2007 13:16
Nifong to do the Perp Walk
Micheal Nifong, the former Durham District Attorney is going to go to jail. For one day. Nifong was sentenced Friday to a single day in jail, having been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge during his pursuit of rape charges against the three falsely accused lacrosse players. Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III could have ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 1, 2007 12:42
Another Nifong?
According to this post by Radley Balko about the Genarlow Wilson case, it is sure starting to look that way. It seems that DA McDade, with the help of Sen. Johnson, is attempting to use video footage of the act for which Wilson was acquitted of rape to tarnish Wilson's image, and quell the mounting public outrage over his sentence for ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 16, 2007 10:29
Duke Settles with Lacrosse Players
Duke University has agreed to a settlement with the lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape and then hung out to dry by university administrators and faculty. Duke University has reached a settlement with each of the three former lacrosse players and their families. The university made the announcement this afternoon. According to a press release issued by Duke, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 18, 2007 16:45
Book Review: “It’s Not About The Truth”
Former Sports Illustrated associate editor Don Yaeger's book about the Duke lacrosse case, written with former head coach Mike Pressler, is a very good overview of the circumstances surrounding the fateful events of March 13-14, 2006, when members of Duke's lacrosse team created a "perfect storm": hiring two adult entertainers for a party that went dreadfully wrong. It's Not About The ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 17, 2007 18:38
Mike Nifong Has Been Disbarred
Mike Nifong, the former (?) DA of Durham, North Carolina and the lead prosecutor for the Duke Rape Case fiasco has been disbarred and accepted disbarment according to K.C. Johnson. I have to say, that at the very least, this was the only outcome that could have gone anyway towards restoring faith in the system of justice not only ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 16, 2007 22:15
Duke Lacrosse Rape Case: Nifong Heads to Trial
His trial that is for ethics charges. I bet this is not at all what Nifong saw as the future when he took over this case about a year ago. "This didn't have to happen and the horrible consequences were entirely foreseeable," State Bar Counsel Katherine E. Jean said during her opening statement. "The harm done to these three young ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 12, 2007 12:23
If You’re Thinking of Applying to Duke University, Don’t
K.C. Johnson, at Durham in Wonderland, is still following up on the Duke Lacrosse Rape case, and posts this amazing bit of information. On September 12, Captain Ed Sarvis of the Durham Police Department admitted that the Durham Police had an official policy of meting out disproportionate punishment Duke students, as a class, for alcohol- and noise-related offenses. When confronted with ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 21, 2007 15:39
Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped
ABC News is reporting that, thirteen months into one of the most notorious criminal prosecutions in memory, all charges will be dropped against three players from the Duke Lacrosse team. 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 learned from sources close to the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 11, 2007 08:31
Durham North Carolina: Your Typical Banana Republic
This story over at Lie Stoppers is pretty scary and it shows that Durham North Carolina really isn't all that different from your typical third world country like Nicaragua. On November 23, 2006, Nashville native Eric Volz was arrested in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua for the rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend, Doris Ivanez Jimenez. Despite conclusive evidence that he ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 23, 2007 14:57
Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
Drudge is reporting (top of the right hand column, no links yet) that all charges may be dropped as early tomorrow in the ridiculous Duke Lacrosse rape case. It was also reported that this news caused Amanda Marcotte's head to explode. Update: Still no news about the charges being dropped, but this is an interesting article that references Linda ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 22, 2007 11:52
Defense Still Not Given the DNA Report
The Duke Lacrosse case has become a complete joke and it is hard to imagine it becoming even more ridiculous, but several weeks after learning the Nifong and Dr. Meehan of DNA Security agreed to withold potentially exculpatory evidence from the defense...the defense attorneys have still not seen the DNA report. Defense lawyers in the Duke lacrosse case still have not ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 27, 2007 16:19
Marcotte Is Out
At least that is the word from Salon. Also out is Melissa McEwan who was hired to be Edwards' Netroots Coordinator. The article at Salon indicates that Marcotte and McEwan might be rehired, so take this with a cannister of salt. UPDATE (James Joyner): Wow. The problem with this is that it makes Edwards look incredibly inept ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 7, 2007 18:21
More on Marcotte
K.C. Johnson has more on Amanda Marcotte. One possible defense for Edwards in hiring Marcotte is that Edwards was not aware of it and had little input in the decision (e.g., go get us a blogger for our campaign blog). Johnson points out that this is hard to believe because it was fairly widely known that Marcotte was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 3, 2007 17:50
