From Stand, Duke Prosecutor Acknowledges Violations
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 15 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, the embattled prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case, took the stand Friday to defend himself against ethics charges and acknowledged that he had violated the legal profession's rules of conduct by making inflammatory public...
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Michael B. Nifong, who brought rape charges against three Duke University students, could face disbarment.
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Attorneys for the three players falsely accused in the Duke University lacrosse rape case are seeking a settlement of about $30 million and several changes to the state's legal process, a person close to the case said early Friday.
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A political opponent of the prosecutor who brought sexual assault charges against three Duke lacrosse players filed an affidavit Friday seeking to remove him from office.
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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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The official assessment of Mike Nifong's handling of the Duke lacrosse case &#151; "intentional prosecutorial misconduct" &#151; could not have been more harsh.
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A top Justice Department lawyer acknowledged Tuesday that more than a half-dozen U.S. attorneys were fired in the last year, in some cases without cause, but denied Democrats' charges that they were dismissed and replaced for political reasons.
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A lab director who tested DNA in the Duke lacrosse rape investigation testified Wednesday that the district attorney never asked for a final report on his work, but that he and Mike Nifong did not conspire to hide evidence from the defense.
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The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players accused of rape asked a judge Wednesday to compel defense lawyers to tell him whether they hired a pollster to test the mood of potential jurors.
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Prosecutors point to a jailhouse letter as evidence of a terrorism defendant's guilt. Problem is, it doesn't look like he wrote it
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By Jennifer Latson, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 25--NEWPORT NEWS -- Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn ruled this afternoon that a police officer who shot and killed a man in February was justified in the shooting.
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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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A woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape initially told police she was attacked by five men at a team party and at one point denied she had been raped, according to a police report released Friday by a defense attorney.
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Prosecutors charged a lawyer with attempted first-degree murder Monday in the shooting of a rival attorney who had sought a contempt citation against him.
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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.
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A North Carolina district attorney who pursued sex charges against three Duke University lacrosse players said on Friday he would resign from office as he faced ethics charges over his handling of the case.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NCAA on Wednesday granted Duke's request for an extra year of eligibility for its men's lacrosse players following a rape scandal that led to the cancellation of much of last season.