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Mike Nifong, Meet Alberto:  What the rape case fiasco and the U.S. attorney scandal have in common.

By Dahlia Lithwick
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 6:20 PM ET

Today represents one of those serendipitous moments in which two scandals merge. Where the denouement of one national outrage—the Duke rape fiasco—reveals something incredibly important about another one—the U.S. attorney purge. Both cases highlight the stunning power of prosecutors and the need for those prosecutors to be as independent and honest as possible. 


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Comments

[ferriludant.livejournal.com]

Excellent, very thought-provoking.

[rlg.livejournal.com]

interesting ... scary, but interesting

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

Wow. Simply wow.