[JustaCowgirl]

I would pay big money to have a seat in that court room during the defense attornys' cross examination of Kim and Crystal.

Wow, that's going to be a major bloodbath, isn't it? I'll bet those evil white (I assume) lawyermen are just going to rough those sistas up somethin' awful.

How much do you want to bet this DA is going to find some way to weasel out of this thing before it hits a courtroom where everybody can see what a travesty it is? And he'll do it in such a way that the cloud of suspicion stays over these poor guys, instead of clearing them. That way all those with a hate-white rich kid agenda can keep their preconceived declarations of guilt.

I wish there were some way for the defense to INSIST this thing go to trial, where the whole world will be able to see this farce get played out.

[Sacajaweau]

There ain't going to be any trial and no attorney would take the case except a court appointed attorney.

Those Duke boys are confident and I'm sure they took a lie detector's test already (to satisfy their parents) whether we know it or not and they don't have to tell us.

[LWalk18]

Wow, that's going to be a major bloodbath, isn't it? I'll bet those evil white (I assume) lawyermen are just going to rough those sistas up somethin' awful.

That is exactly how it will be perceived by a Durham jury- these hotshot white lawyers from out of town trying to crucify this poor black girl who went to school with their cousin or whose mom goes to their church. It has to be handled very carefully or it could backfire into making the jury feel sorry for the stripper.

I wish there were some way for the defense to INSIST this thing go to trial, where the whole world will be able to see this farce get played out.

Because of course, juries already do the right thing. I mean, that's why O.J. just finished the first decade of his life sentence for killing his wife and Ron Goldman, right?

These two, maybe eventually three young men are facing at a minimum 12 years in prison if they are found guilty. The last thing the defense attorneys wants is to go to trial and put these guys fates in hands of a jury that may very well be biased toward their race and wealth. Seligmann appears to have an air-tight alibi, and the D.A. appears to have little to no evidence. There is no reason for him to have to go to trial and put his life at risk. Even a hung jury would leave a stigma of possible guilt.

[Locomotive Breath]

If DA is elected then Mangum will "get cold feet". At that point the DA will claim "I tried" and be a hero. And the two guys will have a black cloud over their heads forever, unless, they can find some way to nail Nifong with a suit.

[El Gran Salseron]

"And he'll do it in such a way that the cloud of suspicion stays over these poor guys, instead of clearing them."

That is going to be the saddest part....."I know they did it but it won't stand up in court. They got away with the perfect crime." kinda thing.