http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070901/D8RCITJ00.html
Judge Sends Duke Prosecutor to Jail
Sep 1, 5:18 AM (ET)
By AARON BEARD
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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.
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“protect the integrity” … … you have to be kidding me!
Once again the true nature of the criminal gang masquerading as the “gooferment” shows its true colors. Close ranks. CYA. Protect the “system”.
Here we have more “theater”!
Note the story goes out on Friday night of a three day week end where it is sure to be ignored.
Three young men’s lives are ruined. Their families emotionally tortured. And, the treasure expended in their defense.
Sorry, it’s a slap on the wrist. And, the system is fundamentally flawed.
The Grand Jury system doesn’t protect the accused. That’s its one purpose. Despite what you see on Law & Order, there’s truth in the old canard that “a prosecutor can get a ham sandwich indicted”. We need to rework the system. The prosecutor has an unlimited budget to overwhelm all but the rich. And, if you are acquitted, the prosecutor bears — in most cases — no punishment.
No the gooferment courts are part of that illusion of legitimacy. It’s just gooferment bureaucrats in costumes putting on a show and protecting other gooferment bureaucrats.
Sigh!
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Reinke Faces Life 
There is a lot wrong with Nifong!
We have a prosecutor just like him in West Virginia. His name is Gerald B Hough!
Hough is just as dishonest and just as guilty!
We have all had enough of Gerald B Hough!
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