There's been a concern growing in the back of my mind since the ethics complaint came down, and Stan Goldman touches on it slightly.
If Nifong drops the charges now that the ethics complaints are in play with more to come, and those ethics charges aren't vigorously pursued and the civil rights complaint isn't pursued, will it be argued that the defense tactics were so overwhelming as to force the shutting down of the case, but we're left with bureaucracies who let Nifong skate, such that the defense, rather than the prosecution, is left as an 8-lb. gorilla who forced dismissal of a legitimate case? I don't see that happening, but it's a spin both Nifong and black Durhamites could easily adopt if Nifong is let off the hook. This is why I so much hope that the civil rights matter is investigated and filed.
That's supposed to be 800-lb. gorilla.
I think they weigh more than 8-lbs. at birth.
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