There is a lot of outside pressure from all corners to end this. This case is shaking public confidence in the entire judicial system. Almost everyone except the loopiest of the far left wants to end this now.
There is a reason that Nifong and the fems are posturing to make their most insistent arguments now...
For Nifong the BEST THING would be for Stevens to throw it out as soon as possible. Then Nifong could keep babbling the lie that he had a case - but was "pushed aside by political pressure created by the evil blogs..." and the rest of the fems could turn this Deming loss caused by the dismissal into an endless complaint of "proof of bias AGAINST women in the courts".
Just you watch....
I saw what you described tonight. Susan Filan whom hated these kids for how long, said tonight that she is scared after seeing the evidence. She said she's is scared for the country. She said that of Nifong, "Boy, did he mislead us."
So lawyers are upset across the country.
Possibly, corruption and self preservation may work in favor of the entire case being dismissed.
The Judges and people working in that office don't want a good thing ruined. They don't want this thing to rock the boat - or Cruise ship.