Well, technically it is evidence. It’s just not compelling. The testimony of the prostitute in the Duke Lacrosse team case was “evidence”, but worthless and untrustworthy. Hence the final outcome.
Durham County D.A. Mike Nifong was worthless and unworthy. He ran with the testimony of the accuser, withheld DNA evidence that would have cleared the players, ended up charged for lying to the court, and was disbarred. Then the accuser ended up stabbing her boyfriend to death and was sentenced to 14-18 years in prison. She had previously attempted to murder her then live-in boyfriend by setting fire to the apartment they were residing in. What he did to those Lacrosse players to push a specific narrative is unforgivable. He should have been shot.
In 2016, the conviction of Darryl Howard, who was sentenced to eighty years for the 1991 strangling and sexual assault of a mother and daughter, was overturned. Nifong failed to share evidence that pointed to other suspects with Howard’s attorneys.