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To: Ken H

That may be cleaned up. That is good for Linwood, he was making quotes to the press. Who wouldn't chose their words carefully.

Nifong CREATED a position for Linwood, which gave him a big pay raise. Linwood keeps trying to take responsibility, maybe that's why he was hired.



145 posted on 08/29/2006 10:37:34 PM PDT by Mike Nifong (Somebody Stop Me !)
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To: Mike Nifong
Just in from Durham in Wonderland:

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/08/good-old-fashioned-way.html

The recent efforts of groups like the LDF [NAACP Legal Defense Fund] or the Innocence Project show why Nifong's peculiar legal theories are of relevance beyond this case. Its high profile and the aggressiveness of the prosecution's actions mean that the case will provide a precedent, at least for North Carolina if not beyond.

The Nifong theory of DNA is a simple one: this scientific evidence can prove guilt but, apparently, can never exonerate. If his vision of justice prevails, groups like the Innocence Project would have no purpose, since DNA evidence could be used solely to help get convictions.

Is there any responsible legal figure outside the Durham County District Attorney's office who would embrace such an "old-fashioned" belief? If not, they should start speaking up, before the Nifong Rules extend beyond Durham and expose more innocent defendants to the pernicious effects of "old-fashioned" justice

146 posted on 08/29/2006 11:44:15 PM PDT by Ken H
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