Your State may have, but the Feds didn't
See 18 USC 242.
If AG Gonzales wants to he can now put Nifong away for the rest of his natural life. Nifong f'ed up big time.
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Last night on Greta's show Woody Vann, an attorney from Durham (who represented the accuser in her "hit the cop" case, was asked by Greta if Nifong informed the Grand Jury of the DNA, since it is obvious he was in possession of exculpatory evidence at the time the Grand Jury met.
Vann, who in all fairness has turned completely against Nifong as the case has progressed and gives every appearance of being a "good old boy" in the network down here, said he had no idea, whereupon Greta said something to the effect of "Well, can't we just listening to the recording of the Grand Jury."
Vann said, "We don't record Grand Jury hearings down here whereupon the panel, to a person and including Greta, gave audible GASP and SNICKERS. To put it mildly, they were stunned and it was almost like you could hear them thinking "This cannot get anymore out of control"
or "What the hell is going on down there?"
It's getting damn embarassing for this state and its legal system; and I am positive I'm not the only one who feels this way. The list of things I have found out we do NOT have is staggering, starting with the right to a speedy trial (Is there any doubt Nifong is stalling for a spring trial because she's pregnant or that the Rules of Procedure in NC allow this travesty?). The governor nor the attorney general can do a damn thing about this, owing, no doubt, to a rule written by a damn lawyer to cover his own a$$? Shocking!
And it's infuriating because you and I both know not one damn thing is going to happen to him.
That being said, these boys' parents are major players; and I don't mean players that come to town with a new administration; I mean Wall Streeters and lobbyists (if you don't know, Dave Evans' mother is head of the LPGA). They have brought Bob Bennett into this case to "consult" with the defense attorneys.
Now, Bob Bennett is a person who I absolutely LOATHE because of his past cases; but in my mind, he's just fine and dandy in this case and I hold out hope that he is quietly leading the charge to pulverize this guy when this has worked it's way through the courts.