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DA disgraced in Duke case gets day in jail
Associated Press
Published September 1, 2007
DURHAM, N.C. - Mike Nifong, the disgraced former Durham County district attorney, was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players. Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III sentenced Nifong, who has already been stripped of his law license and has resigned from office, to a single day in jail. He had faced as many as 30 days in jail and a fine as high as $500. Reading his contempt decision from the bench after the conclusion of two days of testimony, Smith said Nifong "willfully made false statements" to the court in September when he insisted he had given defense attorneys all results from a critical DNA test.
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by doug
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09/01/07 09:58 AM
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thats great! a whole day i jail.that poor guy,hope he survives it..
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