I don't think trial can/will be held in Durham - if the case even gets that far.
The AV will never take the stand. She is too unstable and just wants the whole thing to go away. She has been on a self-destructive track and will continue that way, unfortunately.
When the case is dismissed or dropped there will be violence in Durham. Nifong has generated so much racial animosity it has to go somewhere.
The boys will do okay. It is so clear they have been accused unjustly. I wish I were a senior partner in a law firm. I'd make sure they had a nice summer internship. It would win a lot of business for me from Duke alums.
Nifong is going to get dragged before the bar. It will be interesting.
I respect your comments.
However, all you have to do is look at the O.J. trial.
Not only was O.J.'s DNA and his bloody size 11 Bruno Magli footprints all over the crimescene BUT the most damning evidence was that the photographed bloody trail indicated
the killer had been injured on his Left hand or forearm.
If the Jury bought into the unlikely scenario that bloody socks and a glove (with the victims blood and OJ's blood) were planted on Simpson's estate. And the rare Bruno Magli
bloody shoeprints in Simpsons size were also planted.
BUT, HOW DID THE POLICE CUT SIMPSON's LEFT FINGER (without his knowledge)?
Multiple witnesses testfied that on the Plane back to Los Angeles Simpson had his finger wrapped and a bloody bandage was visible - on his left hand/finger. So, if authorities planted all the evidence, how did they cut Simpson's finger without his knowledge? The finger on the Left hand that the Killer's tracks indicate the Killer had the same injury. Simpson also changed his story on how he cut his finger. In his last account, he couldn't remember how he did it.
A huge pile of overwhelming evidence was overlooked and in one of the longest trials in history, the Jury took 45 minutes to find Simpson NOT-GUILTY and then the Jury Foreman raised his hand in the BLACK POWER signal to Simpson.
The jury will not use the same logic that you are applying here. This is why NIFONG is so confident. He's got them if it's heard in Durham and then he's a Lifelong hero in that area. This is why one of the conditions of the Black Panthers (that spoke with NIFONG) was that the case be held in Durham. These guys will be convicted in a farce of a trial if this is held in Durham.
I would expect the DA and the Media to focus repeatedly on the N word - the Grandpa comment (even though the Neighbor hates these kids and Kim reports a different Slur) and they will bring people in that will testify (some untruthfully, I'm sure) that they had witnessed these kids using the N word or directing it at minorities. They will also concentrate on the OTHER trial of Finnerity in Georgetown - they will classify that as a HATE Crime and they will paint the players as all the same. Look at the early coverage of the N&O - they've already done exactly this and followed this script. The players were KLANISH they said. The players are privleged and they disdain for diversity.
These are 18-20 year old kids. I'd venture to say that they'll find distasteful things on their computers. This will come out and the media will sieze on the salacious aspect. These KIDS are GUILTY in DURHAM.
All one has to do is look to Brentwood, O.J., Ron and Nicole to see what's going to happen in this case.
I tend to agree, but alot depends on the makeup of the bar.