[JLS]

No, I opt for none of your choices, as I already said.

Of course you do. My three choices are collectively exhaustive. They are the only three choices there are:

1. Nifong sandbagged the defense.

2. The defense mispoke, or lied.

3. The state lab found no DNA on the swabs.

You chose 3 whether you have figured that out or not. The problem is that if it is 3 rather than 1, then how did Nifong know to send the swabs the state lab found not DNA on to the private lab? Afterall you can not look at a swab and know DNA is there or not.

But as I said, maybe you have your reason for selecting 3. Maybe you know the NC state lab is corrupt or inefficient. I don't so I opt for Nifong having sandbagged the defense. 2.

[ltc8k6]

I have already answered the question. Your #3 only partially matches my opinion of what happened, therefore I chose none of your options.