Delicious Irony

I'm sure you all remember the Duke lacrosse team rape case, right? Basically, a black stripper accused three members of the team (all from wealthy white families) of raping her at a team party. Mike Nifong, the District Attorney, pursued the three boys relentlessly, ignored evidence, bent and broke laws to keep the case going, and basically ruined their lives by conducting a horrifically fraudulent investigation just to get re-elected on the sensational headlines. Eventually, the three boys were completely exonerated; Nifong was disbarred and resigned.

Now, it appears that the reversal is complete: the three players whom Nifong tried so desperately to destroy and imprison are suing him for an unspecified amount of punitive and compensatory damages:

The 155-page complaint – filed against the city of Durham, former District Attorney Mike Nifong, former police Chief Steve Chalmers and several police detectives and officers – seeks damages that would punish the defendants "for outrageous conduct pursued out of actual malice" that violated the players' civil rights.

If successful, the lawsuit would result, among other things, in the appointment of an independent monitor who would oversee the police department for 10 years and have the power to hire and fire personnel, including the chief.

Nifong's treatment of these guys (and their families) was so horrendous that they deserve every last penny they can squeeze out of Nifong. Then Nifong needs to go live in a small concrete and metal box for a very long time.

There's my two cents.