[ladyjane]

Stevens might just stop the entire fiasco now. Not because he has character but because a lot of money depends on it.

It's pretty obvious that a lot of drug activity is going on in Durham. It's hard to have 'business as usual' with all the media and private investigators snooping around. The sooner this case is resolved and people like Bill Bennett turn their attention to other matters, the better. Then it's back to $business$ as usual.

[JLS]

The sooner this case is resolved and people like Bill Bennett turn their attention to other matters, the better. Then it's back to $business$ as usual.

Yes, whether the business is legit or not. This is not good for Duke, the biggest business in town. If Duke is harmed many businesses in town are harmed. If the reputation of Durham is smeared, it is not good for business. And the new interest in running against him and the change in the N&O coverage suggest that the politics locally have turned against Nifong.

[Fido969]

Stevens might just stop the entire fiasco now.

There is a lot of outside pressure from all corners to end this. This case is shaking public confidence in the entire judicial system. Almost everyone except the loopiest of the far left wants to end this now.

There is a reason that Nifong and the fems are posturing to make their most insistent arguments now...

For Nifong the BEST THING would be for Stevens to throw it out as soon as possible. Then Nifong could keep babbling the lie that he had a case - but was "pushed aside by political pressure created by the evil blogs..." and the rest of the fems could turn this Deming loss caused by the dismissal into an endless complaint of "proof of bias AGAINST women in the courts".

Just you watch....