"Appointed district attorney in April 2005, Nifong will face his first election in May."
'Nuff said. He needs the black vote.
Thats what he's aiming for the black vote.
There is no other vote in Durham.
The DA is in too deep. He has to prosecute or he risks looking like an idiot before a national audience. What he doesn't realize is that he is up against a whole lot of Yankee money behind these kids.