[Publius22]

I think he did believe her, but I don't think he does anymore and hasn't since the first DNA results came back. Since then, he's been trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. What he has going for him is control of records and the court process, but that's just a stalling game. It's not an end game.

I've gone back and forth on whether or not Nifong ever believed her, and judging by his continual unethical behavior, I don't think he did.

When this story broke, my gut reaction was that Mangum was a prostitute and the players had consensual sex with her, but did not rape her. I have to believe that Nifong, who knew Mangum was a prostitute, thought the same thing and was confident he was going to find the player's DNA on her, so he ran with the case.

Just consider the reaction of Nancy Grace and Wendy Murphy with NO DNA evidence linking the players to Mangum. If Nifong could have come up with DNA evidence, even if it was tranferred through consensual sex, I have little doubt these boys would be convicted of rape by a Durham jury and the Drive By Media.

[Dr. Richard Kimble]

to support you post: I remember her defenders saying even a prostitute can be raped when this thing first came out