[Steve19]

The sad thing is that the Duke lacrosse coach and players and their families have not received any justice due to this decision. In an attempt to be elected, this idiot ruined their lives.

The North Carolina papers are treating this as a story about an ambitious and naive prosecutor overstepping the lines. How far he stepped over that line is evident in the lack of reports about the lax players being from rich familes and etc. I expected to see that and am pleasantly surprised that I haven't (as all of the players weren't from rich families and it isn't relevant to the discussion anyway).

Papers and local TV news are reporting that the families say that they are anything but finished with NIfong. It appears that they will now sue him in his personal capacity. I hope they have luck.

As an aside, this is a good thing for the American justice system. There aren't many countries in the world where this kind of result could have been anticipated or even pursued. The fact that a prosecutor is called to book says something about the country, something good.