County attorneys, District Attorneys etc. are to defend the citizens of their specific districts are, in theory, to use their very broad discretion in determining cases that should be prosecuted. Only after that do they become prosecutors and even then their duty is to protect the right of every citizen.
They forget that duty when they are caught up in the numbers game of conviction rates and fines collected and years sentenced
More concerned with reelection or promotion than in justice.
Nifong may have become one of the sacrificial goats to convince Va that the bar really does work.
I beg your pardon? Va?
The hearing committee wanted to ask the investigator something about what he said in the Grand Jury. The investigator said that he was not allowed to talk about it by the law. The three judge panel asked for time to have the law researched. I think that the answer came back that the disallowed testimony was correct under the law. I guess that means the DA can lie or leave out evidence in the grand jury and never be accountable as there is no written transcript (IIRC) and no testimony allowed later. What a system. It is scary.
One of the reasons that this case took on national attention is because it showed that anyone can be wrongly accused. The Soviet Union rears its ugly head.