[beyond the sea]

Do you think Nancy was correct in going after this young mother?

[PeterFinn]

No, not at all. I saw the interview and it was out of line. For Nancy, in all of her wisdom, to assume this woman was guilty of an abhorrent crime and then to prosecute the case on national TV when the woman came on the program expecting something else is irresponsible and deceptive in the extreme. It is 'ambush journalism' and while they may admire that BS at Columbia it has clearly resulted in the death of the young woman in question.

Some years back Tom Brokaw got sued for saying that Richard Jewell was the Atlanta Olympics bomber just because the man had his mother living with him (he was her caretaker, it turned out). Brokaw had no business prosecuting Jewell in the media and Grace has no business doing the same. Just as Brokaw was held accountable for his misdeeds so should Grace.

[middie]

Nancy is an unmitigated disaster and an embarrassment to the legal profession and a pseudo-journalist. She hasn't changed since she was reprimanded as a prosecutor by the judges in Atlanta for making material misrepresentations to the court and witholding exculpatory facts from a defendant entitled to it under the law. The disciplinary case was reported in Federal Supplement or Federal Rules Decision (I recall reading it in one of those) She, in her own presumed sense of consumate wisdom and insight, had decided the guy was guilty and thus she was justified in her unlawful act. By doing so she became judge and jury in addition to her role as an advocate. CNN should relegate her to the rank of the properly unemployed.

[pandoraou812]

I saw the show and Nancy was rough on the girl. I really don't care for Nancy but Melinda didn't want to answer Nancy's questions. I think if you go on a show like NG then you know what you are in for. She is not known to be nice and she does ask tough questions. I don't think Melinda wanted to give the answers nor do I think she knew what answers to give her as Melinda was lying to everyone. I really think a lawsuit won't go anywhere, maybe a settlement out of court. I think NG didn't push this girl to shoot herself. I think Melinda's behavior and lies just got to be too much for her and she saw no way out. Prayers for Trenton and the hope he is alive somewhere.

[dforest]

No, but she agreed to the interview. Grace is never Grace-ful, and it will be hard to prove Grace drove her to suicide. How will they prove the girl didn't commit suicide over her own guilt?