Posted on 08/30/2007 5:09:23 AM PDT by abb
I personally know people in North Carolina who have been railroaded. Since I am not a member of the criminal community, one must automatically assume it is worse in that segment of society. The laws here suck. Any idiot can file a false charge or sue any other idiot for absolutely nothing, then tie their lives up for years at great expense. The only people who win are the lawyers.
That’s right. It sounds like the wrong target is being sued.
Sorry to hear you live in such a corrupt state. Maybe you should plan moving to a better state.
Exhibit A: John Edwards, North Carolina lawyer.
Knowing that it is corrupt is actually an advantage. I feel sorry for the poor saps who don’t know their rights, or are afraid to fight back. Many of us here knew what was going on at Duke long before it was a newsworthy story. Having the financial means to fight back is what saved them.
THANK YOU SUE!
But will it save Nifong?
Nifong should have never been appointed to begin with. All he had done was “fix tickets” in traffic court for the DA’s office. He is a weasel that deserves fines, jail and civil lawsuit judgments against him.
Maybe the Fong should consider a different career. Like driving a cab.
Why isn’t Nifong in jail?
Heck, I want to know why Crystal Mangum, a/k/a Precious, is not in jail. She started it all.
I agree. This case had previously been handled and the thief was in jail. It was not the store that revived it after the cabbie came forward as a witness in an important case.
You can bet your last dollar that the police, under Nifong's direct orders, used every trick and lie in the book to pressure the security guard to make his false accusation.
Yep. It couldn’t have been more obvious what was going on here. Maybe Elmostafa is just getting started.
“Unfortunately it isn’t the City/County of Durham that’s being sued.”
I’m surprised they aren’t. They should be!
“....Maybe Elmostafa is just getting started.”
Hope so. Weren’t we all in disbelief when this guy was arrested?
Wait a minute. This story, and the comments here, make little sense.
Don’t get me wrong — Nifong got, and is getting, everything he deserves, and the cabbie is a true hero. No question there.
But he suing Hechts here, not Nifong.
And where is the nexus, somehow implied in the comments here, that Hechts was somehow actively and intentionally ASSISTING Nifong by bringing the complaint to the police?
If Hechts thought they had a criminal case, and they did, their role was to bring the facts to the prosecutor. The prosecutor then determines whether charges should be brought.
If the prosecution was brought for malicious leverage, it was Nifong and the police who were exercising the leverage, not Hechts.
Of course, Hechts is the target because it has the deep pockets. Is that what is being applauded here, then? That’s misplaced, IMHO.
Absolutely. I remember thinking maybe now the media would start to get it. But they didn’t care. He got the same treatment from them as the boys. I was really afraid at that point they would all be in prison before this got worked out if it ever DID. It was scary.
LOL
Would that be Erniestafa?
jw
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