Nifong bails on Duke rape case.

[aikoaiko]

Nifong really screwed the pooch on this one. Its difficult to see how the accuser will ever get any justice if anything criminal actually happened to her.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/13/duke.lacrosse.ap/index.html

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- The state attorney general's office agreed Saturday to take over the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players at the request of the embattled district attorney.

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, hamstrung by a flip-flopping witness and dogged by allegations that he made inflammatory statements to the media, asked Attorney General Roy Cooper's office Friday to appoint a special prosecutor.

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Nifong's comments to reporters in the early days of the case led the state bar to charge him last month with several ethics violations. Nifong's attorney said Friday the conflict of interest those charges created led the veteran prosecutor to ask the state to take over.