Karma Bites Nifong

In the first bit of justice in the Duke "rape" case in a long time, former District Attorney, Mike Nifong was disbarred on Saturday. This resulted from the disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape.

In deciding to disbar Nifong the committee stated that he had engaged in dishonest and deceitful conduct. They said Nifong's early comments about the case , which included a confident proclamation that he wouldn't allow Durham to become known for "a bunch of lacrosse players from Duke raping a black girl" , were purposefully designed to boost his campaign for district attorney.

F. Lane Williamson, the committee's chairman, said that at the time Nifong was facing a primary, and he used this case to further his political ambitions by getting the black voters behind him.

Nifong's lawyer said that he would not be appealling the ruling.
On the web radio cast that I was listening too they reported that the North Carolina State Bar charged Nifong with breaking several rules of professional conduct, including lying to both the court and bar investigators and withholding critical DNA test results from the players' defense attorneys.

The committee, after deliberating for a little more than an hour on Saturday, unanimously agreed with the bar on almost every charge, including the most serious allegations , that Nifong's actions involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation.

The attorney's for the formerly accused players, Dave Evans, Reade Seligmann, and Collin Finnerty said that they will seek criminal contempt charges against Nifong in Durham next week. It would be perfect justice if he is found guilty, and spends time in the same prison he was trying to put these innocent young men.

It is a shame that they have not filed charges against the young woman stripper who lied about what happened that night, because she is to blame for starting all of the problems in the first place.

These young men should also go after Nifong and the young woman civilly and take their money from them, because sometimes taking their money away from them, is the only thing that can be understood, by those powerful enough to ruin other people's lives.

Hurray for a small bit of justice in a largely unjust world. Good luck to these young men, and may the rest of their lives be a piece of cake compared to the past year of their lives.

Karmic Law served justice to Nifong today!