Nifong deeper in doo-doo
January 24th, 2007 | by Craig R. Harmon |Nifong’s actions constitute a “systematic abuse of prosecutorial discretion … prejudicial to the administration of justice,” the complaint read.
That means that Nifong now faces more ethics charges than criminal charges faced by the three Lacrosse players.
3 Responses to “Nifong deeper in doo-doo”
By Jersey McJones on Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
If these were three poor working class kids, Nifong wouldn’t even be a page 20 story in backwater paper.
JMJ
By Craig R. Harmon on Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
Jersey,
How and why is the fact that the defendants are rich relevant to whether Nifong should be disbarred. You keep bringing that up. Justice isn’t supposed to give a shit whether the defendant is rich or poor, white or black. It is supposed to treat each equally.
Of course it doesn’t. Justice is administered by people with prejudices, people who jump to conclusions about people based upon shallow and meaningless distinctions but that’s why there are rules of ethics that those who administer justice must work within. Nifong has hardly read a rule of ethics that he hasn’t shredded in this case. You keep bringing up the fact that the defendants are wealthy as if that means I shouldn’t be paying any attention to the case…that, therefore, what Nifong has done to these rich kids is irrelevant.
I just don’t get that. Injustice is injustice no matter how much money a person has.