I honestly believe that. The pot bangers and the NBPP would have railroaded these kids. Nifong was counting on nailing these kids to get elected and Durham was with him because of town/gown issues. It was a slam dunk.
Nifong hadn't considered bloggers.
"If it were not for people like us who truly believed in their innocence these boys would not have a chance."
Absolutely true. Durham operated in the dark and they could have continued that way, with nobody watching the judges' rulings or bringing the true facts out to light. The MSM would have reported only what they were spoonfed and what they were already programmed to believe anyway.
It's only the relentless spotlight of the Internet focusing on their every move that has made them run--caught like cockroaches in the beam.