Posted by
Dawnsblood on Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:01:18 PM
Perhaps
there will finally be justice in Durham for the Duke lacrosse players.Nifong is out,
AG Cooper's office will take over the investigation.
The state attorney general's office agreed Saturday to take over the
Duke lacrosse sexual assault case at the request of the embattled
district attorney. "I wish I could tell you this case would be
resolved quickly," Attorney General Roy Cooper said. "Since we have not
been involved in the investigation and prosecution, all of the
information will be new to our office. Any case with such serious
criminal charges will require careful review."
Facing ethics
charges that could lead to his disbarment, Mike Nifong Durham County
district attorney quietly asked to be removed from the case Friday,
faxing a letter to the state attorney general asking for a special
prosecutor to take over the case that is sure to define his nearly
three-decade career.