Innocence Project co-founder calls for audit of all Nifong cases

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Innocence Project co-founder calls for audit of all Nifong cases

By Anne Blythe
ablythe@newsobserver.comJuly 11, 2014

Durham - Two men with a wealth of knowledge about wrongful convictions - an attorney who works with the Innocence Project and a North Carolina man who spent 19 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit - stood outside the Durham courthouse Friday and called for an inquiry into all cases former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong tried.

Inside the courthouse, Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson had just described a Nifong case from 199e as one the "most horrendous" prosecutions he had seen in his 34 years on the bench.

Despite DNA evidence that pointed to other culprits, Nifong pushed ahead in 1993 with a murder case against Darryl Howard, who has maintained he was wrongfully convicted.
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Barry Scheck, head of the Innocence Project, and Darryl Hunt, a Winston-Salem man exonerated after serving 19 years in prison for murder and rape that he did not commit, said Howard's case suggests a broader problem in Durham. ... They called for an audit of all of Nifong's cases and the establishment of inquiry commissions similar to others in Texas and New York that look into patterns of prosecutorial misconduct.