[maggief]

From the article:

"He was one of the people who rented the house that was serving alcohol to underage people and hiring strippers," Nifong said in an interview. "In order to put somebody under deferred prosecution, the DA has to, under requirements of the statute, certify that he does not believe the person is likely to do any further criminal acts. Under the circumstances, it's hard for me to see how we could maintain that."

Serving alcohol to underage people is illegal, but is hiring "strippers," (Note to DA: the pc term is exotic dancers), a criminal act?

[abb]

From the PR standpoint, this could be a problem for Nifong. It will be perceived as unfair. Legality and justice have nothing to do with this case anymore, if they ever did. It's a political battle and it always has been...

[GAgal]

Here is an article with players names and deferred charges:

http://www.newsobserver.com/1004/story/422786.html

[Mrs.Liberty]

And if hiring strippers is an illegal act, should being a stripper be illegal?