As I predicted he would, back some time ago. From the New York Post:
June 16, 2007 -- With tears in his eyes, Mike Nifong yesterday announced that he is resigning as the district attorney of Durham County, N.C., over the now-dismissed rape charges he brought against three Duke students.
What took him so long?
Nifong made the dramatic disclosure while testifying at an ethics trial that could - and should - result in the loss of his law license.
According to Nifong, his "community has suffered enough."
Well, that goes without saying.
But why did he never appreciate the suffering of the three players - who became the focus of national attention, thanks to Nifong's prosecutorial zealotry over an unfounded allegation that they'd raped a stripper?
Indeed, Nifong refused to back down, even when it was abundantly clear to everyone else that the entire case had been hopelessly discredited by a complaining witness whose story was a bundle of contradictions and lies.
Why did he refuse to drop the case?
It's clear why: Because he was in the midst of a tight re-election battle - and could gain votes by inciting racial tensions in an already charged case. To the point where he deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense, and then lied about it to the judge.
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