Posted on 12/29/2006 10:07:41 PM PST by rawhide
Let's see:
1. I doubt this case lasts through next week. This is too big a problem for NC now.
2. Mangum was never going to testify. She did not really start this. She merely cried rape to get out of a tight spot. The Duke leftist and Nifong started this.
3. Nifong is so egotistical that will want to appear to drop this himself and not have the judge or whomever gets it next to drop the case. Of course he is also very stuborn. It will be interesting to see how these competing aspects of Nifong, ego v. stubornness, play out this coming week.
4. I have read that the NC AG is a Dim who might want to run for Senate or Governor. So I doubt he allows this case to be kicked up to him as it would be a lose lose situation for him.
5. I wonder if even Dims can publically hire Nifong after this?
Hiding behind paper hung over the windows of his office
If I say the word I am thinking, I will be banned...
Hint: starts with "P" and ends with "y"
You have the right word to decribe him.
I'll buy one vowel and a double "s"
:-)
Brady material?
Being a legal idiot, I have no clue what that would be.
Who is "we"?
I believe Brady is a case, so Brady material is exculpatory material that must be handed over according to federal case law. That is the exculpatory DNA evidence. Correct me if I am wrong mewzilla, I am not an attorney either.
"We" are the people who have regularly been on these threads since May or June. As I said the information you are wondering about is in the record.
Not so fast freepers - we haven't heard from the black panthers on this issue -- it ain't over till farrakhan says its over -- what a farce!!!!!
I don't actually work here.
Sorry to have interrupted your official bookkeeping.
"Nifong withheld Brady material, too. And to my mind that's an even bigger deal than the rest of it. Funny no-one seems to want to address that...."
Today's Time article says the NC bar will address that issue at its next meeting.
Judge Smith has to be majorly p.o.'d at Nifong for lying under oath, right to the judge's face, about there being no more DNA evidence. And then, Nifong tried to back that up with another lie at the next hearing. I think, by his own actions, Nifong assumed a pugilistic stance against Smith. I expect Smith to deliver the knock-out punch prior to the February court date. POW. Right in the kisser.
Wonder if the Nifong Express to Hell will take anyone else down.
I would imagine this has become a containment issue for more than a few corrupt souls in Durham. How to cut Mikey loose before he takes the ship down.
Who will be the sacrifical lamb?
If I was a parent of one of these boys and I had the financial resources (and yes, connections) I would not rest until every maggot in Durham paid for what they did to my son.
"Where were all these "concerned" DAs during the past 9 months?"
I think they had done all they could do without leaving themselves open for ethics complaints. They were probably begging the NC bar to hurry up and take action. Now that the bar has done so, they no longer feel the need to keep their mouths shut.
Full compliance with constitutionally required discovery under Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83, must include a method of identifying and accessing possible Brady material in the possession of law enforcement. Therefore, in conjunction with SD 02-08, which sets forth office policy for handling Brady material known within the Office of the District Attorney, this policy addresses possible Brady material which may be in the possession of law enforcement. This policy fulfills prosecutorial obligations while protecting the statutory and privacy rights of police officers.
My educated guess is that it's going to be very ugly for Duke and Durham and few will be too sympathetic.
Imagine if your son didn't have the resources? Nifong is one scary character.
Thanks as usual for the ping--You're the best!
And it deals with exculpatory evidence.
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