Ethics Hearing for Duke Prosecutor
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Two months after sexual assault charges against three former Duke University lacrosse players were dismissed, the prosecutor who brought the case is facing charges.
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A leading Senate Democrat asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday to clear up apparent conflicts in testimony from Gonzales and former top Justice Department officials about the firing of federal prosecutors and other matters.
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Attorneys for three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape asked a judge Friday to hold the prosecutor in the case in criminal contempt of court.
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The former prosecutor who led the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case never intentionally tried to mislead the court and believed he gave all DNA test results to defense attorneys, a lawyer for Mike Nifong said Thursday during his criminal contempt trial.
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Former Duke lacrosse coach Mike Pressler said yesterday that several factors -- including pressure from the Duke faculty, outcry from several community special interest groups and public attacks from Durham County (N.C.) District Attorney Mike Nifong -- led to the school's decision to part ways with...
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The advisor, a former federal prosecutor, said that it was ethics, not the law, that needed to be paid more heed.
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A House committee chairman who has been connected to lobbyists accused of bilking Indian tribes out of millions of dollars said Wednesday that he has been asked to meet with members of the House ethics committee.
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Prosecutors in Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case are pushing to introduce evidence of alleged wrongdoing in the past during pre-trial hearings scheduled to begin Monday.
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The case turns on the question of when evidence gathered by the police in a wrongful arrest must be thrown out.
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The prosecutor who led the now-discredited rape case against three Duke University lacrosse players was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing charges against the athletes.
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Breaking down in tears at his ethics trial, Mike Nifong abruptly quit as district attorney Friday after admitting he got "carried away" with statements during his discredited rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players.
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether criminal contempt charges should be pursued against a defense lawyer who admitted leaking an FBI tape to a reporter, then lying about it.
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham County District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire by the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players, mounted his defense Tuesday, contending it was his duty as a prosecutor to pursue a c...
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Durham County's former district attorney was sworn Thursday to temporarily replace Mike Nifong, who was disbarred last week over his prosecution of the Duke lacrosse case.
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Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.) has hired a top defense attorney to handle the pending ethics investigation into allegations that he pressured a federal prosecutor to bring indictments against New Mexico Democrats on the eve of the 2006 elections.
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Mike Nifong spent nearly three decades building a reputation as an honest prosecutor. Yet he is seen today as a bane to peers, many of whom feel tarnished by his mistakes in the now-infamous Duke lacrosse rape case.