Listening to Rush talking about the Spitzer resignation, “Eliot Spitzer is what Mike Nifong wanted to be.”

Heh.

The N.C. Bar disciplinary committee has reached their decision.

A disciplinary committee said Saturday disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong would be disbarred for his disastrous prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape—a punishment the veteran prosecutor admitted was appropriate.

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The committee, after deliberating for a little more than an hour on Saturday, unanimously agreed with the bar on almost every charge—including the most serious allegations—that Nifong’s actions involved “dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation.”

The veteran prosecutor, who had already pledged to resign his position in Durham County, would waive any right to appeal the punishment, said his attorney, David Freedman.

His well deserved woes don’t end with this. The players attorneys have indicated that they will seek contempt charges next week.

This has been coming since the beginning:

The North Carolina bar filed ethics charges Thursday against the prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case, accusing him of saying misleading and inflammatory things to the media about the athletes under suspicion.

The punishment for ethics violations can range from admonishment to disbarment. The complaint could also force District Attorney Mike Nifong off the case by creating a conflict of interest.

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Among the four rules of professional conduct that Nifong was accused of violating was a prohibition against making comments “that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused.”

The depth of the problems with this case are summed up with this:

“I don’t see how any member of the public can have confidence in this case. I think it’s making a mockery of our criminal justice system to permit this guy to keep fumbling along,” Duke University law professor James Coleman, one of Nifong’s leading critics, said before the ethics charges were filed. “It’s either total incompetence or it’s misconduct on a scale that is extraordinary.”

My vote goes to the later.

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Blue Crab Boulevard Played Like A Cheap Violin — “The Associated Press is reporting that the kerfluffle over the so-called silencing of the Dixie Chicks and the ads for their new movie appear to be nothing more than a publicity stunt. So say the networks involved, NBC and CW.”

Sister Toldjah Election day excuse watch: If Democrats don’t win, it’s because the black vote was suppressed — “While some Democrats are already pre-celebrating “victory” on election day, the MSM continues to churn its excuse-making machine in case Democrats happen to lose (aka not regain control of Congress) the election.”

Ankle Biting Pundits (Bull Dog Pundit) Duke Lacrosse Case DA Yet To Talk To Victim About Events (WTF?) — “As many of you know I was an assistant prosecutor for 3 years. During that time I tried a number of jury trials, including many rape cases.

Based on that experience my jaw dropped at the latest revelation from Mike Nifong, the Durham county DA handling the rape allegations against 3 Duke Lacrosse players has yet to talk to the accuser about the events of that night.”

Don Surber The ultimate campaign 2006 story — [No way to excerpt this. Just go read it. Do not have a mouth full of coffee when you do. You've been warned. Jim]