“Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges.”
“Next week, we’ll be providing a written summary of the important factual findings and some of the specific contradictions that have led us to the conclusion that no attack occurred.”
The attorney general’s office isn’t just dropping the charges, but actually exonerating the accused men.
Thank you so very much for posting those exact words, sitetest! I just got home and missed the press conference and was wondering how the prosecutor would word this.
Bears repeating. This statement from the state AG just gave the defense lawyers a huge boost for the civil suits sure to follow. I would love to serve on one of those juries.
And they even go further than that:
Therefore, I propose a law that the North Carolina Supreme Court have the authority to remove a case from a prosecutor in limited circumstances. This would give the courts a new tool to deal with a prosecutor who needs to step away from a case where justice demands.
They are saying that the prosecutor was reckless and would not stop even when he knew better. What will language of this nature do for Nifong's other cases? Won't defense attorneys from now on simply have to imply that he's overreaching again on every case he prosecutes? Wow.