I'm sad to report that Mike Nifong, the district attorney who turned Durham into a media circus, has been elected to a full term in office:
District Attorney Mike Nifong kept his job as the county’s top prosecutor in a heated election that featured Nifong’s handling of the Duke lacrosse rape investigation as its central issue.
Nifong received 45.17 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff. He beat former prosecutor Freda Black, who had 41.53 percent and lawyer Keith Bishop, who earned 13.3 percent.
Talk about lucky: Nifong had a three-way primary and the opposition to him never fully coalesced around one candidate.
> Mike Nifong, the district attorney who turned Durham into a media circus...
Hello Brendan,
Are your sure it was Mike Nifong, all by himself, who turned Durham into a media circus? The accuser(s) had nothing to do with it? The players, by their own actions? The defense attorneys? The media itself? The public? How about yourself? You have been giving the story saturation coverage from the beginning. You played no role?
Alan
Posted by: Alan | May 03, 2006 at 06:29 AM
woah...yeah, maybe we all just need to look into the mirror to see who's to blame.
ah, just kidding. nifong is a tool. all the voters needed was just one pre-election poll to help coordinate on one challenger.
Posted by: | May 03, 2006 at 09:03 AM
Don't we need to find out what the case is (not to mention the outcome) before we decide to be sad?
Note that Nifong is being congratulated by some of the defense attorneys and has broad endorsements.
Bishop has a censure on his record. That's what we should want? Bullshit.
So we should give up on elected officials if they generate controversy or become a focal point for the 24/7 news cycle? That's pathetic.
We need to see the trial.
Posted by: | May 04, 2006 at 07:22 PM
Nifong should be disbarred for his behavior and the law changed appoint judges and not elect them.
Posted by: Dana Smith | October 15, 2006 at 08:24 PM