I'm saying though that the person(s) who pled may have implicated Mostafa. Okay. The question then is was the warrant sought then? Was it activated then? I'm assuming for the moment that there were grounds for the warrant at the time of the plea by the shoplifters. If it had been issued and activated then, it should have been served, either by seeking out Mostafa, who would not have been difficult to find, or therough his cabbie permit renewal process. But it wasn't. So, again I ask, when was the warrant sought and when was it activated?
What if Nifong contacted these women who pled and suggested someone else was involved with them? What if he suggested their records would be expunged if they would name that person? What if he asked them, "It was the cabdriver who helped you, wasn't it?"
Doesn't the local and/or state warrant repository have a diligence and stale-date oversight program embedded to avoid arrests on warrants expired by statute in order to avoid false arrest suits? If the warrant was issued and activated in 2003 and never served, it seems to me it should have stale-dated out of the system.
I would really like to know more about the inner workings of the warrant repository system there. I'm really perplexed as to how this whole arrest warrant on Mostafa came about, and I hope somebody, such as reade's attorney is looking into these questions with a careful eye.
I believe the warrant was ISSUED in 2003. I'm sure we'll find out that is the case. There's no way Nifong is that stupid.
It would be routine to issue that warrant when a complaint was made by the store and their survielance cameras revealed a license plate of the car the PERP left in..
I just think, we'll find the warrant is from 2003.
Many misdemeanor warrants aren't served in Durham. They have a major crime problem.
I see your point.