Indeed if Vick did the things he did, he should be severely punished, without question.
But is there maybe a greater than zero chance, that perhaps Vick is being “Nifonged.” I see parallels, everyone is calling for Vick’s head, just as they were calling for the Duke players’ heads, long before there was even a hearing.
I never would have even thought about that a year ago, but after the Duke case, I’m not so sure of anything in the legal world anymore.
There are no parallels to the Duke case, except that both are cases in the criminal justice system, like millions of other cases.
Here we are dealing with the feds, and according to their indictment they have multiple eyewitnesses and physical evidence here.
Nifong had one mentally-deranged, drug and alcohol abusing prostitute with a history of unsubstantiated rape charges who came out with the new “rape” charge only when she realized she was about to be placed into a mental health facility. Her accounts were inconsistent and the physical evidence exonerated, not incriminated the defendants. Even the arresting officer Shelton immediately saw through her B.S.
No comparison between the feds & multiple eyewitness & physical evidence with a corrupt local county prosecutor with no evidence.
Maybe Vick will roll the dice on a trial and hope for a venue where he can get an OJ-type jury that will let him off because he is black. But smart money IMO says that he will eventually plead out.
People who have Pit’s have known Vick’s name for a long time now.