Yes. This could be why all the thumbsuckers (talking heads) were saying the boys "should act like men and come forward." That way they would place themselves in jeopardy and Nifong would have a lever to use.
Remember, the courtroom IS NOT in Durham. It's in the media...
Nifong is fast becoming a Rodney Dangerfield among his peers. The prosecutor at Finnerty's hearing this morning said:
"Unlike prosecutors down in North Carolina, we don't comment on pending cases," Curtis said.
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