An out-of-control prosecutor. Why the Duke rape prosecution matters.

This is hardly from an unbiased source, but I think it provides a good analysis nonetheless.

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/ourcall/501.html

The Real Threat

"If the shaky evidence, the witness manipulation and the lies turn out to be merely a way for Nifong to gain elected office at the expense of young men who made stupid decisions and who exposed themselves to considerable risk, he deserves to be not just disbarred but to be indicted, because if that's what's happened here, his behavior is not just stupidly aggressive and unethical, it's criminal. And as horrible a crime as rape is, it is not nearly as dangerous as an instrument of the law who will not himself submit to it.

"And although the tendency for many people, unfortunately, is to say that well, it's just a bunch of rich white boys from Duke and their mommies and daddies will bail them out, why would anyone think an out-of-control prosecutor would limit his abuses to people who can actually fight back?

"Nifong may have used this case to get the black vote in Durham, but anyone who trusts this man not to turn this sort of abuse against the powerless is out of their minds. If you think the pattern we're seen here will be limited to prominent defendants, you need to reconsider, and quickly."

SNIP

"Perhaps the whole situation is summed up best by Kenneth Callahan, a judge from Ohio who wrote a guest column recently for the Durham Herald-Sun (the article unfortunately is not online). He emphasizes the following:

"A moral human being does not create racial divisions for personal gain."
"No candidate for office should make an ongoing investigation part of his campaign speeches."
Quoting from the American Bar Association Standards for Criminal Justice: "The responsibility of a public prosecutor differs from that of the usual advocate; his duty is to seek justice, not merely convict."
Mike Nifong is a danger to anyone who finds themselves in the criminal justice system in Durham County. He has shown a disregard for the law and for his ethical responsibilities, and in fact has become an enemy of justice rather than an enforcer of justice."

Did they catch Gary Condit yet?

matter to us.

A Duke grad?

But, he is my wife's nephew. She used to babysit him. I've only met him twice. Seemed like a nice enough guy.

hasn't paid attention to the news. Here in Illinois we had to release almost half of death row convicts because DNA proved that they couldn’t have committed the crimes that they were convicted of. If they will let murderers go free while killing innocent citizens, they will plant dope or child porn on you when you become inconvenient.

This isn't just a local problem. All of us should be concerned.

It is very scary that the authorities are so corrupt. Anybody that is a perceived problem can be neutralized by simply emailing them a child porno photo. They simply email a photo and then bust into the house, the victim has child porn on their computer.

If they can/will frame people for murder and put them on death row, what won’t they do?

Cheers to you and yours,

Mugu

Thanks for sharing it with us. There's a whole lot of truth in what you posted.

supporting it's fellow players who might just eventually get caught with some "dancers for pay?"

You think that site doesn't have a "dog or cat" in this fight?

:shrug:

Obviously, the link is from a website belonging to supporters of Duke. That doesn't mean the arguments there can't be evaluated.

Control...just set off my "hot button."

In NC and most of the South...Sports RULE...their players can do NO WRONG...so one has to always put into perspective when they start to yell about "Out of Contol" prosecutors and do their own Bushlike Propaganda.

I live here...so it's a dissenting view about the way the SPORTS and REAL ESTATE EMPIRE's run the South... I have my own bias...:D

You did put in your post that it was hardly an unbiased site...

from my husband and sons, that some important game was going on. I don't even know what sport it was though.

:hi:

How can there be any doubt that Nifong is an "enemy of justice" now? :shrug: