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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

NIFONG WINS

From USA Today:


District Attorney Mike Nifong will remain Durham County's top prosecutor after winning an election Tuesday that came in the midst of his aggressive investigation into rape allegations involving members of Duke University's lacrosse team.

In unofficial results in the county's Democratic primary, Nifong had 45% of the vote, with challenger Freda Black close behind with about 42%. There are no Republicans running in the general election, and Nifong only needed 40% plus one vote to avoid a primary runoff.


What does this mean for the Duke lacrosse case? Obviously it's bad news for the defense, which is still trying to remove Nifong from the proceedings.

Unlike a lot of commentators, I haven't found Nifong to be a cynical politician merely using the Duke situation to win votes. On the contrary, I've tended to interpret his aggressive pursuit of the case perfectly straightfowardly: He's convinced very bad things were done, and he's determined to punish someone for them.
Posted at: 5/02/2006 10:12:00 PM