ZERO - Too Little, Too Late

UPDATE: Saturday, June 16, 2007 - News reports indicate that District Attorney Mike Nifong will be disbarred for his disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape, a disciplinary committee decided Saturday.

Friday, June 15, 2007 - A ZERO award goes out to Durham County, North Carolina District Attorney Mike Nifong for handling--and perhaps lack of handling- of the alleged 2006 Duke University Lacrosse case.

Today Mr. Nifong admitted he got carried away with his comments about the case. Also during his bar ethics hearing, he disclosed that he plans to resign.

What is shocking about this case is that it really took this long for Mr. Nifong to appear to realize the grave error of his ways. He appears to have hid information, mislead the court and defense attorneys about crucial material facts in the case, used the publicity of this case to further his own political reelection campaign and finally, attempted to subvert the rule of law with a blinded eyes of justice.

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