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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 [...]

Thank you for your coffee, seignor. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca. ~ Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca)
Of course the story that pushed most everything else of the radar yesterday was the murder spree at Virginia Tech.
Sister Toldjah Virginia Tech massacre: Yesterday’s heros (UPDATE II: NAMES OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS RELEASED) has this from [...]

It’s great when you can read stories with a good ending: Ranger: We have our missing Boy Scout
Park rangers escorted a weak and dehydrated 12-year-old Boy Scout out of the rugged North Carolina mountains on Tuesday, four days after he wandered away from his troop’s camp site.
Michael Auberry was brought the final distance by SUV, [...]

Various news sources are announcing that a verdict has been reached in the trial of Scooter Libby. The verdict is scheduled to be read around noon eastern time.
UPDATE: First report from AP (via Yahoo News):
The verdict will be read at 12 noon EST in the courtroom where jurors heard 19 witnesses during the five-week trial. [...]

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 [...]

The first cup is for the guest, the second for enjoyment, the third for the sword. ~ An old Arabic saying
Blue Crab Boulevard (Gaius) Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006 - Rest In Peace
I’m proud that I voted for him when he ran for (re) election against Jimmy Carter.
Leaning Straight Up (Karl) RIP Gerald Ford
He will [...]

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. ~ President Gerald R. Ford
I woke up this morning to the sad news that President Gerald R. Ford passed away late yesterday afternoon.
The nation’s 38th president, and the only one not elected to the office or the vice presidency, died at his desert home at 6:45 [...]

Most days I read the latest news online, catch a bit of what’s happening on TV, and read quite a bit of what other bloggers are talking about. Not today. I was in a training class all day, didn’t even get a chance to check my email until early evening, and haven’t read or watched [...]