The Department of Justice must investigate Mike Nifong now.
There is no case of prosecutorial abuse more overdue for investigation than that of Mike Nifong, the prosecutor in the Duke Case who tried to convict men he knew to be innocent. Last week, Nifong finally admitted that the men had committed no crime. (see Baltimore Sun article).
Abundant evidence exists that prosecutorial abuse is not rare. Many individuals sit in prison today for crimes they did not commit. The Innocence Project has freed over 200 of them already. Is this just the tip of the iceberg?
Biased federal funding and training for prosecutors may be involved. One training program by the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) demonstrates prosecutors' lack of concern about convicting the innocent by failing to include any sessions on how prosecutors should identify and handle false abuse and rape allegations (see source).
At least seven bipartisan members of Congress have called for a federal probe into the Duke case (see source).
Contact your Representative today and ask the Department of Justice to launch a full-scale investigation to find out exactly what went wrong in the Michael Nifong case.
Go to http://www.house.gov. Enter your Zip code at the top, look up your Representative's name, go to your Representative's website. Or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202/224-3121 and leave this message with your Representative's staff: 'The Department of Justice must investigate the Michael Nifong case now!'
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