Mike Nifong, the disgraced and disbarred prosecutor who pursued charges against three Duke lacrosse incidents long after it was obvious that they were innocent, has resigned effective immediately. The resignation is a mere formality, as Nifong had already lost his law license and been suspended from his office, but the blog LieStoppers notes that Nifong is getting off easy in one respect: He gets to resign, rather than being removed from office.
Nifong's actions were so disgraceful that seeing him formally removed from office would be an appropriate step toward assuring the people that prosecutors don't have free rein to trample on the rights of criminal defendants.
It's a shame that won't happen.
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7-02-2007 @ 12:22PM
Jess said...
Actually, he was booted from office, the resignation is only a formality
"But Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson moved ahead last week with an effort to remove Nifong from office under a rarely used process established in state law. He held off booting Nifong from office until Monday, allowing Nifong time to send Gov. Mike Easley a new letter of resignation."
http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/624215.html
Basically, Nifong had to tuck his tail and run because Hudson was about to kick him out of office.
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7-02-2007 @ 1:19PM
Kustie the Klown said...
The governor should reject Nifong's resignation letter.
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7-02-2007 @ 8:14PM
gdsteve said...
Now he should be Criminally charged .
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