O.K. I stand corrected but you probably get my point. These kids and their families are being imprisoned by our Injustice system and they should be reimburrsed for what they have gone through. This has ruined three young men's lives and Nifong and the racist hucksters should have to pay.
... let me just add that if this were a white stripper, there would have been no story. That is a fact.
Nifong is probably judgment proof, that is even if these kids get a judgment against him, he probably has so few assets that the exemptions that he gets will shield those.
When this case came along, Nifong was trailing in the polls for the Democrat nomination. He was borrowing money from his friends to finance his campaign. I seriously doubt that his financial condition has improved to the point that any judgment is collectable against him, much less one for the tens of thousands of dollars that these kids have tied up in just their legal bills.
I do believe that the State of North Carolina may face some liability under the provisions of a federal statute giving individuals a right to sue people and governments for violations of their constitutional rights under color of state law. I belive that the reference to that statute of 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, but I could be mistaken on that citation.
Reimbursement just doesn't cut it. They deserve their TON of flesh, too.
Everyone involved in this, (Mangum, Nifong, Duke, the Duke prez, The 88 professors, etc...), should be legally, financially, and socially ruined forever and reduced to the condition of bag ladies.