Phreakwars Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 (CNN) -- Embattled former district attorney Mike Nifong was held in criminal contempt of court and sentenced to one day in jail Friday for his actions in the flawed Duke lacrosse team rape case. Mike Nifong walks into the courtroom during his criminal contempt hearing in Durham, North Carolina, on Friday. Nifong must report to jail September 7, Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III said. The judge said Nifong's withholding of DNA evidence from defense attorneys was an affront to the integrity of the judicial system. The evidence potentially would have cleared the three lacrosse players of sexual assault charges months before North Carolina's attorney general dropped them in April. The players initially were accused of raping an exotic dancer during a party last year. The specific evidence Nifong was accused of withholding was that DNA profiles found on the alleged rape victim were from unidentified males, but did not match any of the 46 lacrosse team members. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/31/nifong.contempt/index.html OK wait a minute here.. This guy witheld evidence that could have made innocent people serve time in prison, and all he gets for it is one damn day? He should have gotten 30 days IMHO. It would have sent a clear message to other prosecutors who withold evidence just because they want the prosecution LULZ. I am all for prosecuting a suspected criminal, but if in your investigation something comes up that could clear the one your prosecuting, it should be a moral obligation to come forward and say... hey.. these guys might be innocent after all.. . . Quote NewSucks500.com The return of the Suckage
Administrators Cloaked Posted September 2, 2007 Administrators Posted September 2, 2007 The law is amazingly biased at time isn't it? Quote
Feckless Wench Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Surely he should be banned from practicing further! What an butt hole. Quote [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]I have a whip and I'm not afraid to use it...in fact I rather like it. http://www.2thejungle.com
Times Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 Well, I completely agree, we have a prosecutor that has done considerable damage to these innocent young men and could have sent them all to prison but his punnishment seems very light to me compared to the harm his actions could have caused on top of what it really caused. Quote Most if not all stereotypes hold some truth. ?The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.? ~ James Dale Davidson
Members RoyalOrleans Posted September 6, 2007 Members Posted September 6, 2007 The boys were acquitted, but they will forever be associated with "rape". See what happens when you're white and prominent... everybody wants a piece of you. Quote http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5I0M6PKr5HM/SrZiXevwa5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/HZMRBP1nwyI/s200/obama-socialism-attacks-capitalism.jpg It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control. This idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept. - Ron Paul
sheik-yerbouti Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Unduly lenient that's for sure. The guy clearly has friend in useful places Quote Don't preach in my school, or I'll think in your church.
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