October 9, 2007
September 11, 2007
McDemeanor Reckless Conduct
This is sort of a follow-up to the Nifong story, below:
Also on Friday, in Georgia, a 20-year-old McDonald’s employee was arrested and charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct after serving a police officer an overly-salted hamburger which he said made him ill.
Like Mr. Nifong, she spent Friday night in jail; though unlike Mr. Nifong, Kendra Bull isn’t off the hook with the criminal justice system.
Ms. Bull admits that she accidentally spilled salt on the batch of chopped meat that was used to make the hamburger (Bull ate a hamburger from that same batch without consequence), and that she told her supervisor about the spill right after it happened. A co-worker then tried to remove the excess salt from the meat.
What puzzles me about all this is… Why is Ms. Bull being held responsible for this at all? McDonalds staff are, for the most part, either students or fairly unskilled workers, earning minimum wage. They’re neither trained or paid enough to make judgment calls. Once she told her supervisor about the over-salted meat, and presumably her supervisor told her to use it, it was no longer her responsibility.
Mike Nifong, and Why the Justice System Is Going to the Dogs
Today, former Durham, North Carolina district attorney Mike Nifong began serving a 24-hour jail term for his role in the Duke University sexual assault case. On December 10, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison — probably between a year and a year and a half — for financing, running and taking bets on a dogfighting ring. (more…)
July 26, 2007
The Apology That Wasn’t (OT)
- You will read headlines today claiming that former Durham (North Carolina) District Attorney Mike Nifong issued a statement in which he admitted that the Duke lacrosse players were innocent, and that he apologized to them. His statement actually did neither. (article)
July 17, 2007
July 12, 2007
Mike Nifong Disbared (OT)
- Mike Nifong Disbared: The former Durham, North Carolina district attorney whose over-zealous prosecution of three former Duke University lacrosse players on rape charges might still lead to both criminal and civil charges against him, was ordered today to turn over his law license
June 28, 2007
June 16, 2007
District Attorney Mike Nifong: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty
- The rabidly overzealous district attorney who prosecuted last year’s Duke University sexual assault case has been disbarred (article)
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