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...that the North Carolina State Bar has filed a 17-page, 41-count ethics complaint against District Attorney Michael Nifong's handling of the Duke rape case, there's a different kind of New Year's countdown taking place in Durham: when and under what circumstances will Nifong leave office...
...Thomas Lunsford II, executive director of the North Carolina State Bar, confirmed to TIME that Nifong is expected to be served with the current complaint next week, after which Nifong's hearing before the bar must be placed on a hearing calendar within 150 days. It then must take place "between three and five months out," meaning no later than May, well within the time frame of any trial against the three players. Under the state's ethics rules, Nifong could get anything from a warning to disbarment...
...acted without reference to the ongoing case," says Lunsford of the timing of the complaint. "Our grievance committee instructed us to file a complaint at our earliest opportunity." Lunsford says Nifong, who would not comment on Friday, does not have to get a lawyer for his hearing, but that generally attorneys on misconduct charges do. All of this would be moot, of course, if Nifong were to resign from office or be forced off the case by the presiding judge. The North Carolina governor's office, which appointed him to the post, could also ask him to resign from office...
...course, most Bangladeshis don't have access to clean water, let alone an Internet-connected computer. But with the help of what Ahmad says are thousands of computer savvy volunteers around the country, millions of people can still compare their voting registration information and then lodge a complaint if there are any problems. In much of the world, such basic information would normally be published by national electoral commissions. Ahmad says Shujan has offered Bangladesh's commission help "but they do not want to be helped." Ahmad also says that when the project first started a year...
...Walker's complaint, Muncie's top cop has very little sympathy. "The fact that there was a celebrity with the other officers and cameras rolling doesn't change anything," he says. "If you don't want to do the time - or be on TV - don't commit the crime...