Mike, I read somewhere that Nifong tried his 300 felony cases in front of everyone but Hudson.
Olando Hudson is black--
Doesn't worry about the Committee.
He knows case is crap.
He does like being on TV.
My predicton it goes to him-
He will be fair. Has most respect
from public, black or white.
When working with Hardin, they
went thru a ream of hard-core
criminal cases to clear huge dockets.
They put the right people in jail,
which is very hard to do in Durham.
Nifong was only Other ADA to try in
front of Hudson. Hardin is Duke so out.
Hung or unanimous acquittal.
Durham and all its crooks will be the
ones on trial.
Could it be this instead:
The article I read said the ONLY DA that would try a major case in front of someone other than Hudson was Mike Nifong.
That was in the article on Judge shopping I was referencing.
The article that JLS pointed out to me didn't indicate that Nifong didn't go or try cases with Hudson, but only that he would go before other Judges too. The other guys just got Hudson because his rulings were so favorable.
The boss - Hardin - set the tone, he was making comments saying it would be irresponsible (basically) to not utilize that tool he had of scheduling the Prosecution-friendly Judge. So, if the Boss is stating that publicly, I guess it only makes sense that the people working for him would follow through similarly.
I REALLY struggle with those stats. I wonder if Nifong is calling TRYING when he goes before a Judge and gets approval for a pre-arranged agreement. My understanding was that Nifong was known as the Master of the Plea deal. I'm sure he was persuasive in those back rooms in convincing defendants and sometimes their counsel that they wouldn't be very successful if they opted for a Trial.
I've been wrong before though.