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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Election Eve Trashing

Today's New York Times quotes a colleague of UD's:



Thomas D. Morgan, who teaches legal ethics at George Washington University in Washington, said that Mr. Nifong might have used poor judgment in pursuing charges as quickly as he did but that he did not necessarily violate ethical rules that guide what prosecutors can say about a case publicly. He said Mr. Nifong might have solid evidence and feel strongly about the case.

"That's a completely different thing than filing motions the day before the election in order to try to essentially trash the person who may be doing the best he can to do the job he's assigned to do," Mr. Morgan said, referring to defense motions filed Monday.
Posted at: 5/03/2006 05:28:00 AM