[SarahUSC]

I'm still trying to grasp that on the very day he had Collin and Reade indicted, Nifong is telling the cops to find out what Precious did earlier on the day of the party so they could rule out any other causes of her "diffuse edema". Unbelievable.

And then there's the many line-ups, the false statements he made to the media, the mischaracterization of the medical report in a search warrant affidavit and so on. Nifong should be run out of town on a rail. As a law student, I find it totally demoralizing that he could be allowed to practice law anywhere. I pray for his disbarment. He should be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[JLS]

I'm still trying to grasp that on the very day he had Collin and Reade indicted, Nifong is telling the cops to find out what Precious did earlier on the day of the party so they could rule out any other causes of her "diffuse edema".

I think that statement is the biggest misconception in the N&O article. The only rational explannation for Nifong's belief was that he first saw Mangum after her pimp gave her the beating she was due for losing the pimp's money that night. I believe the beating promped her visit to UNC and this beating contributed to Nifong believeing Mangum.

Thus I believe those are the injuries Nifong wanted to show did not happen before the lacrosse party. Nifong was rushing ahead based on those injuries and did not have the Duke SANE report so he did not know anything about "diffuse edema" or her lack of injuries that night. He did have a woman saying she was raped who looked to him like she had been beaten up.

Now maybe I am wrong and Nifong was coldly political from the start. But it makes more sense given how dumb Nifong is that he bought a hookers story because she was beat up without figuring out why she was beat up and then got so far out in front that he got stuck politically.

[Mike Nifong]

I'm still trying to grasp that on the very day he had Collin and Reade indicted, Nifong is telling the cops to find out what Precious did earlier on the day of the party so they could rule out any other causes of her "diffuse edema". Unbelievable.
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Nifong SIGNED the indictments on April 12th. It was ONLY AFTER he had decided to indict and informed the legal counsel of the players to be indicted of this fact - that DPD investigators went to the DUKE Dorms and attempted to question the players without their legal counsel. The players lawyers said that the Investigators at Duke kept approaching different players and they wanted to know WHO WAS AT THE PARTY.

I think we can deduce that when Nifong advised Finnerty and Seligmann's attorneys of their impending indictment being heard by the Grand Jury, he was told he better rethink that because at least one has an alibi and can prove he wasn't at the party when the gang-raped allegedly occurred.

That is pretty damning, in and of itself, that Nifong after signing and submitting the indictments did NOT even know whom was at that party. It's clear that Nifong was concerned with getting indictments prior to the election.
Finnerty and Seligmann were indicted the last time the Grand Jury would meet before the election.

That was Nifong's overriding concern, and it's sad that the media hasn't called Nifong on this when Nifong claims to be only wanting Justice and not having an agenda.

He's only been after the "Durham solution" all along.