Obvious or not, I was simply pointing out that complaints are intially handled in a confidential fashion. Why shouldn't these go through the same process?
Prosecutorial immunity provisions are hardly corrupt. Do you really want a defendant who might have received a "not guilty" verdict to have carte blanche to sue a prosecutor? You do realize "not guilty" does not equal "innocent" right??? (c.f. OJ Simpson)
I'm not siding with Nifong at all--this case is a travesty. But to make blanket assertions about corruption shows a great deal of ignorance. There are bad cops, bad prosecutors, bad defense attorneys and bad judges. But there are also many, many more bad criminals and our justice system, with it's flaws, is designed to catch and lock up as many bad guys as possible. Bad people with misguided intentions populate every profession around. Political motivations often do corrupt. Clearly, Nifong jumped on these charges to win re-election and curry favor with the Black community. This case stunk to high heaven from the start.
Even with immunity, there should be grounds for a malicious prosecution charge, ethics complaints, disbarrment, etc....There ARE protections but the wheels of justice, even against Nifong in this case, do indeed turn slowly. That's the way it should be to protect against UNFOUNDED charges in other cases.
I know someone who personally experienced a similar false charge, and it took a year to get through the criminal portion, then another 5 years to get through the civil portion. After spending thousands of dollars, it was tossed out -- but not after a financial disaster. Turns out the person who originally claimed the false charge had a friend on the Wake County DA's staff. It was a personal vendetta that the DA helped perpetrate. The same Assistant DA "fixed" cases for people as well.
Several DA's offices here in North Carolina have been found running "ticket fixing" scams for personal profit. It is done here all the time.