Nifong is treading through a minefield of evidence, because if he steps on the wrong thing, he is at risk of legal action against him or his office. With some of the evidence , he needs plausible deniability.
I heard Kimberly Gilfoil on the Radio today - on someone else's show. The guest asked her about the changing of her position on the Duke Case. She said two things have her questioning what is going on in this case:
1) Nifong's refusal to view evidence
2) Nifong's willingness to hear this case in 1 year
She said a DA that is confident would've NEVER let a victim set out there for a year and twist in the wind. She said second year law students know that delays in trials benefit the Defense.
Like most of the news Corpse though, she pointed at Finnerty and said things don't look too good for him.
I have noticed this trend. The News Heads that have come around still want Finnerity's head. Finnerty has almost become a symbol. Seems he represents to some the Racist Rich White boys that thought they were untouchable. Seems some are willing to admit Nifong is unethical or incompetent in exhange for Finnerty's Head on a platter.
All Right, I don't know anything about Cell phones.
I saw on a TV Crime show where the local hoods automatically erase their call log after each call and that they use stolen phones or pre-paid phones registered to someone else.
The Judge telegraphed that this phone was registered to a third party and not the AVs: Judge Stephens cited privacy concerns.
If the call log was erased by habit, is it still retrievable? Even if there are other methods of getting records unrelated to the phone, the Defense seems to want data from the phone itself. Does anyone know if after the call logs have been erased, can be they be retrieved from the phone?