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...director. Now a law professor at American University, she has made a mission of exposing that power--on radio and TV and in a new book, Arbitrary Justice--with hopes of reining it in. Her task, lonely at first, has gained support since North Carolina prosecutor Mike Nifong lost his job and his law license for hiding evidence in the now defunct rape case against Duke lacrosse players. (On July 26 he is scheduled to face charges of lying in court.) In October, Davis will lead a national conference on prosecutorial power, sponsored by the esteemed (at least by liberal...
...results to make their practices fairer. It's a significant start and one Davis hopes will prod other prosecutors to move in the same direction. But if it doesn't, there's still the power of fear. After all, she says, "nobody wants to be the next Mike Nifong...
...will go to my grave being associated with this case.' MIKE NIFONG, who announced his resignation as Durham County, N.C., district attorney. Nifong headed the prosecution of Duke University lacrosse players who were charged with rape but ultimately had all charges dropped...
...turns out she was lying (or, at the very least, seriously, seriously mistaken). The case crumbled as her story changed—during the investigation, she gave more than a dozen different accounts of her supposed assault. When it became apparent that Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was completely mishandling the case, Cooper stepped in and cleaned up the mess...
...privacy with regard to sexual abuse accusations in America. While accusations of rape on the part of an alleged victim must always be taken seriously, here that respect dissolved into unquestioning credulity. As power left the hands of the accuser and passed into the hands of District Attorney Mike Nifong, another series of unprofessional misjudgments began. Nifong allegedly demonstrated personal disdain for the attorneys representing the accused, appeared to have violated the policies of Durham Police Department in conducting a lineup, and ultimately pursued a case rife with holes and hearsay, an abject abuse of the district attorney?...