Posted on 10/01/2006 1:40:53 AM PDT by abb
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Although Nifong has never heard the woman tell her story, he believes her.
He's never talked to her?
The tensions between Nifong and the defense boiled over May 15, a Monday, the day Evans was indicted.
Late on the previous Friday -- after Nifong had left town for the weekend -- defense attorneys called a news conference to denounce a second batch of DNA tests that the prosecutor had ordered. The lawyers said Nifong was persecuting innocents on the word of a liar.
That Monday, Nifong stormed out of his office, blowing past the reporters in the hallway. He marched to the judges' chambers, where he bumped into one of Evans' attorneys. He lit into the lawyer, his voice carrying across the sixth floor. He made liberal use of profanity, including the word "mother[expletive]."
Although Nifong has never heard the woman tell her story, he believes her. He said in court last month that he met with her and detectives April 11 to discuss the judicial process. Nifong said she was too traumatized to speak about the incident. The day after that meeting, Nifong told a judge he was planning to seek indictments.
Even before the case made it to trial, Nifong taunted the defense attorneys.
"Poultry," Nifong said when a defense attorney asked a judge to delay the trial date.
"They're a bunch of chickens," he told the Herald-Sun of Durham to explain his comment. "I have the impression sometimes they are afraid to try cases."
agreed... Just another fantastic lie from a well documented fantastic liar..
It seems that is the thing to do in Durham. Just ask Leon Brown if you don't believe it.
How is HE "prepared" if he has never heard her "story"?
What bothers me the most about this, and many other legal cases, that prosecution/plaintiff in civil cases, can go on and drag people through years of inconvenience, spending money, with zero apparent risk to their own person. That applies both to the accuser, as well as prosecutors in this case, plaintiff's lawyers in civil cases.
What is the risk of the accuser? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. She can lie freely, and the worst can happen that jury clears the accused, who were dragged through the mud for years. She can shrug her shoulder and say "oh well, it didn't work". Nifong can do the same. The risk on the other side is years of prison.
This is all wrong.
Gabor
I do not even know what to say to this article. I thought I had met some real jerks in my years in the legal profession, but Nifong seems to take the cake.
And he's got a badge and the power of the state behind him. Unchecked government power personified...
What voting group elected him?
LOL ...
Nifong at Gay Pride Parade.
Author: Trinity_Rez
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I was at the gay pride parade Saturday with my wife and 11 month old daughter watching the floats. A hideous (I normally would not comment on the nature of a person’s appearance. However, given that the she was not blessed with intelligence you would think that the person above would gift this lady something positive?) looking woman walked by with a yellow shirt that said lets keep Mike. I asked my wife what idiot would wear such a shirt in public. The women might as well carry a sign that says I am an idiot that does not follow scientific evidence only my agenda and darn the innocent lives that are destroyed.
About ten minutes later the hideous looking women walked by with Nifong. It all made sense then. Maybe it was his wife or sister.
Posted: 10/01/06 7:37 AM
http://forums.go.com/abclocal/WTVD/thread?threadID=132267
(posted at FODU) :
First results of a survey of current political candidates, asking the following two hypothetical questions, are now being posted at
http://quasimodosbelltower.blogspot.com/
1) Do you think the FBI should investigate intimidation of potential jurors and witnesses, and death threats made against defendants, when these actions are undertaken by members of certified hate groups?
2) Do you think the FBI should investigate beatings of African-American citizens by white police officers, when racial epithets like "N___r!" and "boy!" are used by the officers involved?
"You can't really conduct trials in an atmosphere, where there is intimidation of witnesses, or where there is fear that something might happen," Nifong said. "The District Attorney's Office is not equipped to protect witnesses in any situation. There aren't any local witness protection programs, or anything of that nature. The fact is people are to some extent on their own, in terms of their protection."
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4604761
Interesting. This article certainly portrays Nifong as a drama queen . . .
That is the money quote. It substantiates the allegation that this hoax was for political gain. Nifong gave himself plausible deniability when the story fell apart. I would be interested in hearing from prosecutors on whether Nifong committed malpractice by not assessing the FA's credibility first hand. In the civil world, my license to practice is at risk if I do not personally interview a key witness before trial.
This article portrays Nifong as having significant emotional maturity problems, anger control issues and professional deficiencies, among other things. If this goes to trial, it will be a zoo.
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