Before presenting the case to a grand jury, Nifong met on April 11 with the accuser, Gottlieb, Himan and another officer, according to Himan's notes. Neither police nor prosecutors have produced any account of this meeting.
Coaching?
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What do you want to bet that someone in that inner circle had a meeting with Crystal in the days before or on the day of the 4/4 lineup !(That would be consistent with their actions all through this case.)
"On March 31, Nifong sat with Gottlieb and Himan, the two investigators, to discuss another lineup procedure. According to Gottlieb's notes, Nifong suggested that, instead of a lineup or photographic array, they simply have the accuser look at each picture and recall if she saw the person at the party."
I think that when Nifong realized the DNA wasn't working out he knew the only way he could get indictments was for Precious to ID someone. That's why he set up the final line-up the way he did - a multiple choice test with no wrong answers. And just to make sure he had his investigators run the line-up so they could steer her if she was wavering. Bottom line - the DNA wasn't going to ID anyone so Precious had to.
I can't prove this is what happened but I'd bet money on it. At some point it was communicated to Precious that she HAD to ID someone.