As far as this case goes I think there should be two and only two alternatives.
Option One - Nifong is forced to try the case - him and no one else. As the sworn testimony piles up the judge should then direct a verdict of not guilty for all of the defendants followed immediately by having the sheriff deputies and bailiffs arresting Nifong and all witnesses for the state on Federal Civil Rights Charges.
Option Two - Nifong is allowed to pass of the case to one of his subordinates only if he becomes a witness for the defense - a witness that is hostile to the prosecutors. All of his testimony is immediately compared to his public pronouncements leading up to the case and all differences become articles for a follow on trial dealing with Federal Civil Rights violations.
Nifong and others, both associated with this case and not, must learn in public and at great personal expense that there is no my bad for the behavior they demonstrated over the last several months. Failure to punish Nifong and his staff will only encourage such actions.
But, since a Judge is a mature form of Lawyer and a Lawyer is a juvenile form of Judge (to describe the current Judicial Incestuous Relationships correctly) I dont have much hope of this happening.
The changing stories, the withheld exculpatory evidence, etc.
Wonder if Durham has any idea what it looks like to the rest of the country.