The entire world, Duke campus, Duke President,, the national media, and women's groups across the nationscampus, judged the Duke LaCrosse team wrongly

Because of this Durham County Prosecutor. the nation wrongly judged the Duke LaCrosse team. Women's groups across the nation's university campuses held bonfires to condemn. Lives of some were changed forever, despite the white middle class college kids' parents getting expensive lawyers. This miscarriage of justice is a stain that should not be forgotten. It demonstrates how totally wrong the Criminal Justice system can be. Paschal 9/1/07

PLEASE NOTE THERE HAS BEEN NO APOLOGIES FROM WOMENS' GROUPS.

News item,

DURHAM, N.C. — From the day he took over the Duke lacrosse rape case, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong charged forward with a strident determination that the guilty would end up in jail. Ultimately, the since-disgraced former prosecutor only succeeded at putting himself behind bars.

Nifong was sentenced Friday to a single day in jail, having been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to a judge during his pursuit of rape charges against the three falsely accused lacrosse players.

Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III could have sentenced Nifong, who had already been stripped of his law license and had resigned from office, to as many as 30 days in jail and given him a fine as high as $500. Instead, he opted for a largely symbolic punishment _ the public humiliation of sending a prosecutor to jail _ that he said would help protect the integrity of the justice system.

"If what I impose with regard to Mr. Nifong would make things better or different for what's already happened, I don't know what it would be or how I could do it," Smith said.