Former N.C. Prosecutor Is Held in Contempt
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 31 -- Michael B. Nifong, the former Durham County district attorney, was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.
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DURHAM, N.C.  -- The prosecutor who led the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case reported to jail Friday to serve a 24-hour sentence for contempt of court. The city, meanwhile, was in settlement talks with the three exonerated players.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 15 -- Testifying in defense of his conduct in the sexual assault case against three Duke University lacrosse players, Durham County District Attorney Michael B. Nifong cried and conceded that he made mistakes, apologized to the accused and their families for the "pain" the...
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - A federal judge convicted a  Rhode Island television reporter of criminal contempt on  Thursday for refusing to reveal the identity of a source.
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A Rhode Island television reporter was convicted Thursday of criminal contempt for refusing to reveal the source of a tape of a city official taking a bribe.
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The North Carolina State Bar on Thursday issued a formal order disbarring former district attorney Mike Nifong for his handling of the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
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A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying, a lawyer said Wednesday.
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A federal judge held five reporters in contempt Wednesday for refusing to identify their sources for stories about Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying.
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Judith Miller was held in contempt after she refused to divulge sources to prosecutors investigating the leak of an undercover C.I.A. officer's identity.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 15 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong publicly apologized Friday for his mishandling of the Duke lacrosse case and tearfully announced on the witness stand of his ethics trial that he would resign.
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WASHINGTON A federal judge in Washington is holding five reporters in contempt for refusing to name their sources for stories about a former nuclear weapons scientist once suspected of spying.
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The former federal prosecutor in Maryland said he was forced out because of investigations involving associates of the stateâs governor, a Republican.
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An embattled prosecutor facing a contempt charge for deleting e-mails was grilled Friday by a federal judge who said he should have known better than to erase material he had been ordered to turn over.
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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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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 North Carolina State Bar has billed disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong nearly $9,000 for hearings that led to his disbarment in the wake of the discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
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Former Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong walked out of jail Saturday morning after completing a 24-hour contempt sentence imposed by a judge for lying to the court about critical DNA evidence in the Duke lacrosse rape case.