NEWS. — Former Duke lacrosse rape prosecutor Mike Nifong has been slapped with additional ethics charges by the state bar association, which has accused him of withholding DNA evidence and making misleading statements to the court.
The new charges by the North Carolina State Bar against Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong were announced Wednesday and could lead to his removal from the state bar, according to a copy of the updated complaint. Nifong last year indicted three men from the Duke lacrosse team on charges that they raped a stripper at an off-campus party in March of 2006.

SCOTT – Enough stories have been written expressing outrage about the actions of this out of control DA. Pleas have been made to those (including the teachers on campus) who assumed the boys were guilty to apologize, which won’t happen. The school overreacted in canceling the boys season and they won’t be able to get that back.

However, regardless of whether or not Nifong loses his job and his license to practice, nothing can make these boys lives whole again. In the end, that is the tragedy. The girl (assuming she did make false accusations) should go to prison for as long as the boys would have had they been convicted. It is only by punishing Nifong and the girl that this kind of abuse can be slowed down. But even if that happens, this incident will follow these boys for the rest of their lives and no amount of apologies can change that.