Name: Mike Nifong
Occupation: Durham County District Attorney
With a shaky star witness and a case many said was nearing implosion, Nifong stepped down from the Duke Lacrosse case January 12th. But Nifong isn't out of the woods et. The North Carolina bar filed ethics charges against the Durham D.A. Dec. 28, 2006, accusing him of making misleading and inflammatory comments about the lacrosse players. He'll have to face the other side of the stand at his hearing in early May. "I'm not really into the irony of talking to reporters about allegations that I talked to reporters," Nifong said.
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