[don'tbedenied]

"lf she had truly been raped (by the athletes or anyone else) and was stunned she might be unwilling to get out of the car and that might cause the first reporting officer to conclude she was on drugs or drunk when that might not be the case."

This is a good point. However, how does Nifong do his 60 hours of interviews claiming he was sure she was raped and exciting the Durham community when he knew his chief (and what now appears to be his only witness) was perceived to be passed out drunk? How irresponsible is this guy?

[Tall_Texan]

I think it's pretty clear that Nifong jumped into the shallow end of the swimming pool here. It was a political, not legal, calculation and he appears to be burning for it.