The reason the N&O, Brohead etal were so willing to trash the lacrosse team in general is Nifong lied to them. He told them a crime most certainly happened and the lacrosse team was covering up. I am not very sympathetic to any of them, but face it when the local DA says a crime was committed, most people tend to believe there was one. If a crime had been committed here, then the lacrosse team would have been the perps.
All DAs should hate Nifong because our tendency to believe them when they say a crime has been committed has been undermined. But it is a good lesson to all that innocent until proven guilty means that.
On a lighter side, the CourtTV Duke board is not taking new posts tonight. I guess closed waiting for news?
HA!!! This must have broken CW's heart.