That kind of news definitely comforts him, and I would not be surprised if he and his mates might lurk here from now on. I also told him the story about a friend of our family who is a bit older than him but played HS lax in the Catholic schools in Jersey and played against him for one year. He told me that Reade was a great kid and had a great reputation (even though he was a big stud lax player). When I told him that he said "awesome" and smiled. He's doing well and appreciates all the support.
The scary thing is that the guys could have been less clean cut - with a few more black marks in their backgrounds and a few less connected parents - and it would have been easier for Nifong to get them railroaded. The real issue here is how easy it is for a DA to corrupt our entire LE process for his/her own nefarious purposes. Let's hope some good will come of exposing the fragility of the system. It is episodes like this that makes me anxious about my support for capital punishment.