Remember the outrageous conduct of Mike Nifong, who wanted so badly to convict the Duke lacrosse players that he violated numerous laws himself? Hard to forget it. (Anyone know what the scoundrel is up to these days?)
Well, similar cases are easy to find. Attorney Harvey Silverglate has a book forthcoming on the prevalence of abusive prosecutions. And professor Bill Anderson writes here about a current case in Charlotte where it seems that a Nifong clone is working.
Anderson’s piece reveals several gaping holes in our “justice” system, among them the way the government can virtually ensure conviction by freezing the assets of the accused. Are any of our elected “representatives” interested in changing the law to stop that?
