Good Riddance

Durham, NC, DA Mike Nifong announced today that he will resign in the aftermath of the Duke Lacrosse Rape case debacle. It's about time. In light of his criminal conduct in the handling of the case, he ought to be in prison, but a resignation is a good start, and besides, he is quite likely to be disbarred, so I guess we should take what justice we can get. When you consider that he had evidence that proved that the accused were not guilty, and did not hand it over to the defense, and not only continued the prosecution, but also continued to publicly state his certainty that these young men were guilty, you have to admit that he got off pretty easy. And besides all he put these boys through, if someone did indeed rape this girl, then they got away with it, in no small part because Nifong spent so much time going after people he knew were innocent. So, he can cry all he wants to, and claim that he never lied, and say whatever else he wants to say, just as long as he goes away.