[JLS]

Rod Wheeler always struck me as intelligent and fair. Too bad he was taken in this case.

In his defense, everyone was taken in by Nifong. Most people did not think a DA would be an out and out liar about a case like this. I think in the press you have to believe people until they are shown to be untrustworthy.

And of course at some point the police believed they had a real crime. They had a confused woman crying rape, DNA on and in her and her claim of no other sex comtemporaneously. So in that respect you can not blame the police for trying to use Wheeler like they did. But he should certainly not appreciate being used and should not trust whomever did that to him again.

[Dante3]

Good points.

[Jezebelle]

I doubt that he will. In the world of LE, when a cop lies to an investigator, he's toast. The only reason they get away with it in this situation is because their contact with Wheeler was with his media persona, not as an investigator assigned to the case. Nevertheless, Wheeler will NEVER trust them again.