Two former prosecutors withheld evidence in a trial that sent a man to death row, and they only got a written reprimand as a result. There seems to be something very wrong in the NC system.
http://www.newsobserver.com/208/story/244539.html
I'm sure if by some miracle Nifong is ever called to account for his decisions in this case, he too will call his missteps uninternational.
In my opinion, North Carolina has a bad record in this area. It seems prosectors have so much power. one thing that is unusual is that they control the docket.
that is not to say N.C. has bad Distric Attorneys, but it seems if someone does abuse their position, there is room to do that in North Carolina's system. Good people find their way into those positions too, while others violate the spirit and intent of laws and exploit weaknesses and chasms.
I do not like the whole set up in Durham. I would be willing to say the chances are pretty damn good that Judge Stephens eats lunch with Nifong once a week. Of course, that in itself doesn't mean anything, but it can. certainly, unconsciously the Judge could put more weight behind Nifong's arguments or attach noble movtives to his intent, when then may not be the case.
Wow that is a damning article. And of course the NC legal profession rallied around those two slimballs. If they had any character, they would have resigned the bar and gone into some other profession drying cars at a car wash where they could not do the amount of harm they did to this man.