THE GROUP OF 88 WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: Duke lacrosse accuser can be tried on murder charges. “Crystal Mangum, the former stripper who falsely accused members of the Duke University lacrosse team of sexually assaulting her in 2006, is competent to stand trial on murder charges in the death of her boyfriend, a Durham judge ruled Wednesday.” Reader Michael Greene writes: “Nifong got disbarred but what happened to Duke and the federal regulators who lowered the bar from presumed innocent?” Not much, alas.

Then there are the problems of Nifong’s successor.