Nifong Gets His Just Appetizer?

J.J. Jackson* | September 2, 2007

Lie to a judge, run the reputations of three men and get a slap on the wrist like Mike Nifong has now gotten:

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - From the day he took over the Duke lacrosse rape case, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong charged forward with a strident determination that the guilty would end up in jail. Ultimately, the since-disgraced former prosecutor only succeeded at putting himself behind bars.Nifong was sentenced Friday to a single day in jail, having been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge during his pursuit of rape charges against the three falsely accused lacrosse players.

Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III could have sentenced Nifong, who had already been stripped of his law license and had resigned from office, to as many as 30 days in jail and given him a fine as high as $500. Instead, he opted for a largely symbolic punishment—the public humiliation of sending a prosecutor to jail—that he said would help protect the integrity of the justice system.

“If what I impose with regard to Mr. Nifong would make things better or different for what’s already happened, I don’t know what it would be or how I could do it,” Smith said.

You’ve heard about one getting their “just deserts”? Well this is a “just appetizer” at best. Mike Nifong should have to pay restitution for his heinous acts and I dare say that yes, I would support him being “enslaved” to these three young men for a very, very long time to compensate them.

What’s that? We don’t have slavery in the United States anymore? Oh ye of little knowledge!

AMENDMENT XIII
Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

So there. Maybe Mr. Nifong could use a good long stint as a slave to someone else to realize exactly how wrong his attempt to take away the freedoms of those three lacrosse players really was.

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One Response to “Nifong Gets His Just Appetizer?”

RonniesRayGun on September 2nd, 2007 9:46 am

“What’s that? We don’t have slavery in the United States anymore? Oh ye of little knowledge!” - J.J. Jackson

A little knowledge of the Constitution can be dangerous I think I would be inclined to agree with your choice of punishment.