I've just read in the news that Duke Prosecutor, Mike Nifong, was sentenced to jail for lying to the judge. Even when this prosecutor knew that the three Duke University lacrosse players were innocent. He deliberately tried to mislead the judge and get these guys convicted.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1658377,00.html
But what puzzles me is why the woman who falsely accused these players is getting off scott free?
She lied just as much and just as badly as the prosecutor did. And yet only the prosecutor is in trouble with the law and she is not. This doesn't seem fair to me.
2007-09-01 15:23:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes its not fair and she should be doing some time for putting those guys through hell.
2007-09-01 15:27:02 · answer #1 · answered by naturalblondebbw_28 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, but she had mental issues and drug problems and I believe she is currently unavailable to be prosecuted (meaning she's either already in jail, in rehab or in a mental health facility). Besides, what the prosecutor did was much much worse. He is (was) a man of the law and should be held to a much higher standard. You're talking about a mentally ill drug addict versus an educated prosecutor who was out for personal gain. Don't you think they have punished the right person?
2007-09-01 15:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by gumby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tough call -- probably because in her case (a) it might be a tough row to hoe convicting her -- proving beyond a reasonable doubt that it wasn't just mistaken identity or that a rape didn't happen even though it looks on the surface like a slam dunk or (b) there'd be a politically correct crapstorm if they tried to prosecute her.
There's little question the prosecutor deliberately misled and fudged things and he's rightly so held to a higher standard. You can't be in that position and pull that stuff.
2007-09-01 15:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by p_opus2000 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think depriving the woman of any more attention is her punishment.
As far as the law about making a false complaint, that is up to the prosecutor to prosecute. They pick and choose what they are willing to pursue. Apparently, this prosecutor chose not to.
2007-09-01 15:35:39 · answer #4 · answered by eldude 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, it's against the law. What? The law doesn't seem fair, you say? Nonsense, the law is fair, it is merely enforced unfairly. She should be in trouble. She may yet still get in trouble, though.
2007-09-01 15:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by A.P. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. It's called filing a false report.
Doing this causes the operators and police officers to go to a false crime wasting time they could have spent captureing criminals actually doing real crimes.
2007-09-01 15:26:42 · answer #6 · answered by browneyesoxx 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is against the law, but she has been described as having mental problems. Wouldn't really do a lot of good to lock her up at taxpayer expense.
2007-09-01 15:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Sordenhiemer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
lying to a police officer either in writing or verbally is just like lying in court. i dont know why she got off. maybe some kind of "behind closed doors" thing.
2007-09-01 15:27:03 · answer #8 · answered by sketchy_larry 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is against the law.
2007-09-01 15:25:42 · answer #9 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The said she has a head problem
2007-09-01 15:28:00 · answer #10 · answered by Questionable 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋