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SEALS Panel

By K.C. Johnson

I?m back in the United States, and yesterday participated in a lacrosse-case roundtable at the SEALS conference. My views on the case are, obviously, well-known to any reader of the blog. But here?s a summary of some points presented by the other panelists. Jim Coleman Nifong?s behavior took the case off the rails from the start. He probably believed (or allowed himself to believe) that Crystal Mangum was raped, but did nothing right. Coleman explained the fraudulent lineup for those in the audience who hadn?t heard of it. He (correctly) termed Nifong ?unsophisticated? in dealing with the media, and chastised the national press for turning the case into a Tom Wolfe novel. Nifong, he noted, wasn?t incompetent?he fully understood what he was doing, at every stage of the process...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on July 31, 2008 (boomark / email).