Guest Patriot Games Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-duke-lacrosse,0,4590347.story Nifong Gets $9,000 Bill for Disbarment August 24, 2007 DURHAM, N.C. - The North Carolina State Bar has billed disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong nearly $9,000 for hearings that led to his disbarment in the wake of the discredited Duke lacrosse rape case. A three-member disciplinary commission stripped Nifong of his law license in June, finding he had committed more than two dozen violations of the state's rules of professional conduct while prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players on false rape, sexual assault and kidnapping charges. Nifong apologized to the players at the June hearing. State Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped the charges in April and declared the players innocent. Nifong has 90 days to pay the state bar $8,897.91 to cover the hearings, depositions and administrative costs, according to an invoice from the state bar. When Nifong mailed in his law license earlier this month, he included a note bemoaning "the fundamental unfairness" of the state bar's handling of his ethics case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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