The Long Arm Of Mike Nifong, Exposed Again

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, left, speaks while attorney Kirk Osborn, center, and Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, right, listen in the courtroom at a Durham County court building Thursday, May 18, 2006. Instead of trying to find the truth about what happened on March 13, 2006, District Attorney Mike Nifong set out to prove that three Duke University lacrosse players had raped an exotic dancer. Michael Nifong may never be able to practice law again, but Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann may never be able to erase the stain left by a case that went wrong from the start.The Duke lacrosse case revealed many things but among the most disturbing was the realization of just how corrupt justice in Durham had become.

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