I think the neighbor hurts the DA because he messes up the time frame the DA wants to put forth.
As for no Judge wanting the DA too make him look bad, that is true but a judge could also be trying to not make his protegee look bad.
I am surprised there has not been some adult in Durham to force these clowns to put a stop to this. The judge need only throw out a bad ID and this is over. Nifong can pretend that was not his fault and Durham has a slight fig leaf.
I am surprised there has not been some adult in Durham to force these clowns to put a stop to this. The judge need only throw out a bad ID and this is over. Nifong can pretend that was not his fault and Durham has a slight fig leaf.
This is why it is not a good practice to have a supervisor handling an investigation. There is no one available to make an independent evaluation.
We had the second biggest criminal attorney in a nearby city taken down. Everyone thought the judge would be lenient. That didn't happen. Even I was surprised. We got the point. Nobody was going to tell him how to run his court.