Former Durham DA Michael Nifong is in court today facing contempt charges for having lied to the judge regarding his suppression of crucial evidence for the defense. Story here.

The indefatigable KC Johnson live-blogs on the day’s events here.

Will the national media, especially the New York Times, give the case against the dishonest, manipulative, disbarred DA nearly the same coverage as it gave to the case against the students who were victimized by a hoax?