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The Presumption of Guilt

By Rob Leonard

You can’t really have a blog dedicated to criminal defense work and not mention the Duke “rape” case today.  As everyone with a radio or television knows, the charges against these young men were dismissed today.  There lives however have been changed forever.  So has the life of the District Attorney that rode this case to his re-election.  He now has the Bar Association to deal with and may get disbarred.  The Attorney General would not rule out criminal charges against Nifong. For those of you that would like a very thorough discussion of this case, check out this blog. I hope this case helps the public understand how easy it is to get charged with a crime in this day and age.  I hope the criminal defense bar will let this case inspire them to keep up the good fight...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Law Blog on April 11, 2007 (boomark / email).