[Ditto]

Nifong clearly, under color of law, made statements to the press which violated the canons of ethics and he conspired to secrete exculpatory evidence. It is certainly arguable that these acts amounted to a violation of the defendants' civil rights, especially considering the corrupt putridity of Nifong's motives in all this.

Correct on both points, but until there is some punishment inflected on these accused because of those violations, it is not a Civil Rights violation.

[Jezebelle]

You are dead wrong. They have already been harmed. They don't have to be sentenced. You should pray nothing like this ever happens to you or any of your loved ones, because with your gross misinformation, you or they will be at the gallows before you can say "OOPS!"