Is Joseph Kennedy a regular columnist for the NO, a guest columnist, or what? Is there any indication of any change on the part of the editorial board at the NO? Obviously, there has not been any such change at the H-S as far as editorials are concerned.
He is a prof at UNC's law school. That would be Nifong's alma mater by the way. This was in this morning's print edition as an op-ed. Interestingly enough, I went to post it here this morning and the N&O link said they didn't have the rights to post the article on their web site. I guess they got them since.
This says it all: "Nifong has also argued that the test results in question were disclosed when the defense specifically asked for them. Prosecutors do not get to play "Battleship" with their discovery obligations by requiring defense lawyers to score a direct hit with a discovery request. Prosecutors must affirmatively disclose what the law requires."
Kennedy is apparently a guest columnist. As far as the NandO, see this lead editorial from yesterday:
http://www.newsobserver.com/579/story/523257.html