Someone in NC needs to go over every single case that Nifong's office has handled to ensure that no innocent people were wrongly convicted of any crime. Nifong himself must be prosecuted because the handling of this case could not possibly be the result of negligence. Any honest lawyer would have dropped these charges long ago due to lack of evidence and witness credibility issues. The only possible explanation for this conduct must be malice.The second sad part of this (after the three guys and their parents went through 13 months of Hell) will be the taxpayers having to fork over money to have EVERY case Nifong's office ever touched. The taint will cost millions, go on for years, and increase the burden on their legal system. What ever the local government pays to the boys will be peanuts compared to the other bill.
I'm of the opinion that the NC government, and the Bar association, has known the truth about this guy since he was elected the first time, and like so many others, figured that as long as Nifong kept getting re-elected, that trumps any of the people he railroaded into the Slam. The only difference between this and all the other cases is that this time, Nifong had an independent eye watching the whole procedure. I have little doubt that Nifong tried to frame these three only because he has gotten away with it so many times before...
Makes you wonder about all the other local DAs across the US that are sheltered under the "Old Boy" network.