Not at that stage yet????????
There really ought to be an effort by the courts of N.C. to remove Nifong from this case and disbar him from further practice!
How are the defendents supposed to have a right to a fair and SPEEDY trial if the friggen prosecutor hasn't even interviewed the accuser after all this time?
What happened to the right of a speedy trial? "Justice delayed is justice denied."
This district attorney seems to be set on self destruct.
I think he's trying to set up a scenario of plausible deniability for himself in the almost certain eventuality now that he will be sitting in the defendants chair & facing charges himself for prosecutorial abuse & public corruption. He's just trying to establish a defense of nonfeasance as opposed to malfeasance in future civil & criminal procedings against him. He so totally knows everybody's on to him now. What a crook.
They'll be at that stage on November 8.
-PJ
This is irritating. This was published more than three weeks ago in the local newspaper, and now because CNN and AP deem it "Newsworthy" they decide to carry the story. I think CNN and AP are merely trying to push the Harold Ford, Jr. and Jim Webb stories off the news with this "revelation" of Mike Nifong, which is old news.
This must utterly astound every lawyer who reads it, as it astounds me. Basic practice requires any lawyer who's going into an adversarial proceeding to interview and prepare his primary witness, especially if that individual is a complaining witness. Without doing it the lawyer simply doesn't know whether he has a case or not. A prosecutor is ethically required at least to have a good faith belief that he can prove a case against a defendant beyond a reasonable doubt before he moves to indict that defendant. The complaining witness's testimony is the lynch pin of any rape case with a living complainant and no circumstantial evidence, like a positive DNA test. Interviewing that person is essential for the prosecutor to know if there is a minimally prosecutable case. Nifong has just admitted to blatant prosecutorial malpractice and abuse. He should be disbarred and sued for violating the defendants' Federally guaranteed civil rights by attempting illegally to deprive them of their liberty under color of law.
Nifong could represent himself, but if I were in his spot, I would want a competent attorney...
Hmmmmm... I see an ancient and revered legal principle at work here:
FISH OR CUT BAIT!
aka... PAINT OR GET OFF THE LADDER!
I think serving the county with a federal complaint for the violation of the alleged defendants' constitutional rights might move things right along.... up to an including dismissal...
This guy is a disgraced political hack.... C ya
I hope Nifongs's life is a legal and financial nightmare for years because of this.
This is BS, he interviewed her, he's just stonewalling.
Just when I thought I could not be more astounded by this case!
The whole case is a bunch of Barbara Striesand !
I'll bet Nifong, deep down, is thinking a very big "UH OH" right now.
But you were at the perfect stage to arrest the young men you believe raped her?! Incredible.
He's just giving the accuser's atty more time to prep her so she'll sound good in the deposition.
What a load of manure this case is.
This creep thought that white guilt and black fake-rage would be enough to convict these innocent men. He was wrong.
He bears the responsibility for ruining the lives of these men.
He will never be made to set things right.
The men will bear the burden all their lives.
"I haven't talked with her about the facts of that night. ... We're not at that stage yet."
Kalee to Nifong....we passed what should have been "that stage" a LONG time ago.