Duke Lacrosse Players Cleared Of Charges - Nifong Apologizes
One day after North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dismissed the charges against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of rape, District Attorney Mike Nifong issued an apology, acknowledging that the three former Duke University lacrosse players had been “wrongfully accused” of sexual assault.
“Those of us who work within that system can only make the best judgments we can,” Nifong stated. “To the extent that I made judgments that ultimately proved to be incorrect, I apologize to the three suspects that were wrongly accused.”
Not everyone was pleased by the apology. Joseph Cheshire V, a lawyer for one of the lacrosse players said “This is not an apology. This is another attempt by Mr. Nifong at revisionist history, the same thing he has done with the facts throughout this entire case.“