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— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

On-and-on-and-on it goes

Published Sun, Jan 14 2007 12:16 AM
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The North Carolina attorney general has agreed to take over from Mike Nifong. From CBS News:

(CBS/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.

“I wish I could tell you this case would be resolved quickly,” Cooper said at a news conference Saturday. “Since we have not been involved in the investigation and prosecution, all of the information will be new to our office. Any case with such serious criminal charges will require careful review.”

Careful review indeed. Now that Nifong is out of the picture, maybe we'll all learn the truth of things. Maybe.

He [Nifong] faces penalties ranging from admonishment to removal from the bar; a hearing in that case is scheduled for May 11.

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Cooper said Jim Coman, a former director of the State Bureau of Investigation and head of the attorney general's Special Prosecution Section; and Mary D. Winstead, a prosecutor in that division, would now oversee the case.

“Agreeing to accept the prosecution of these cases doesn't guarantee a trial, nor does it guarantee a dismissal,” Cooper said.

He said his office would take possession of the case files and documents next week, but declined to comment on how quickly their review would progress.

Some observers are asking why Nifong waited until Friday to ask to be pulled from the case.

"He's doing it now because he's in trouble," Cohen said. He has finally realized that he has become the story here, which is not where a prosecutor wants to be."

It sure took him long enough. Mike Nifong has been the story for the past nine months. That is, he has been, together with the accuser who can't keep her story straight.

As things stand, there's physical evidence that tears holes in the case. There's documented telephone records that bring the timing of events into question. And there's the word of a liar as the primary evidence against the accused.

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Thanks for the update Perri..I hadnt heard this !..the whole story should teach us all how horrific these alleged "innoncent strip parties" truly are ...everyone gets damaged in the end.

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