A judge said early Friday evening he will issue an order on Monday to stay any action on a Durham resident's attempt to remove former Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong from office.More to the case than has been reported?
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson said the civil complaint filed Friday by Elizabeth Brewer basically mirrors ethics charges the North Carolina State Bar filed against the Durham County district attorney within the past two months.
Citing provisions in North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7A-66 on the removal of district attorneys, Brewer charges Nifong with willful misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the office into disrepute. ...
This was filed by a woman who tried to defeat me through the political process," Nifong told WRAL's Julia Lewis early Friday evening after he had a chance to review the complaint. "Since that wasn't successful, she obviously tried to pursue this through this particular remedy." ...
Nifong also said Friday he is looking forward to defending himself against the State Bar's ethics charges and that he is working with his attorneys on a response, which is due Feb. 23."I wish everyone would withhold judgment until they hear the evidence, as well as my response," he told WRAL, adding that there is more to the Duke lacrosse case than what the media has reported.
Is Nifong trying to mislead us again with “he must have a ‘smoking gun?’”
Surely, no one other than Durham H- S editor Bob Ashley, the state’s NAACP leadership and a few others will now help him sell that hoodwink.
I’ll be sorry if Judge Hudson stays Brewer’s request.
Nifong needs to be removed from office. Governor Mike Easley should never have appointed his fellow Democrat DA in the first place.
I’ll post again on Brewer’s removal request later tonight or tomorrow.
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23."I wish everyone would withhold judgment until they hear the evidence, as well as my response," he told WRAL, adding that there is more to the Duke lacrosse case than what the media has reported.
Talk about chutzpah! This cat's got it in spades.
Isn't it ironic that he wants the evidence to be examined before conclusions are reached. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a brand new tactic for him. Who knew? This is one of those do as I say not as I do things, isn't it?
I don't know if the DNA evidence will help him and I'm almost certain the N&O,H-S evidence will not prove exculpatory.
Hoist on his own petard.
It seems to me that the "law" does not mean anything in NC. Judge Hudson's action to stay the action against Nifong is removing a real tool of public protection from the hands of the public when no one in authority will act or can act. It seems to me the Judge is breaking the law here. What a incesstuous cesspool NC legal system seems to be. I just want to boycott the whole state.
I have to agree that it must have been hard for Nifong to deliver the "withhold judgement until they hear the evidence" line with a straight face.
Honest folk just couldn't master that.
Still the interesting thing to me about the recall complaint is just how LITTLE coverage that it has received by national media.
Anyone know the North Carolina law regarding a mandamus action to force Judge Hudson to follow the law and either rule or transfer to another judge? Beth Brewer has probably reached her limit on attorney's fees in this farce; but with just a little help, she might be able to represent herself in a mandamus action before a higher court.
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/02/sunday-roundup.html
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Those intent on starting Sunday morning in a depressing fashion can read this recent article from the Baltimore Sun. The upshot: 17 students in a communications class at NCCU were recently asked their views on the case. Nine said they believed the accuser was sexually assaulted. The other eight said it could have happened, but that she might be impaired and couldn’t remember anything.
Said one NCCU student: “You have this team of white lacrosse players from Duke, and you have this North Carolina Central University black girl that strips for a living. It’s just kind of not in her favor.” Added a local pastor, Carl Kenney, “The consensus I’m gathering, particularly from African-American females, is that the system was weighted very heavily on behalf of the privileged.”
To say that the system favored the “privileged” and “white lacrosse players from Duke” means that we should just ignore the events of the last 10 months, in which the county’s district attorney and the city’s police broke rule after rule in order to back up the accuser’s tale.
Other quotes:
“I personally believe something happened.”
“We saw an African-American female and white young men, and we still see that. And the history between the two groups is one that’s not favorable. So for us, especially being black women, even today we stay on the defensive.”
“None of us have really been in that type of situation she was in. To be violated like that, that’s trauma . . . there is truth and there is validity to that story.”
The last student didn’t identify which of the accuser’s many stories contained truth and validity.
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I repeat my earlier remarks re: Barber speaking at Duke Chapel. You will never ever ever find a black Durhamite who will reverse course or soften their stance in light of overwhelming factual evidence that contradicts them if it means breaking racial solidarity.
No surprises with this one. I am anxious to hear his story.
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