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Thirty-Six Questions

By K.C. Johnson

?Equal justice for all in North Carolina begins with justice for Mike Nifong!? At one level, this statement is undeniable: equal justice for all would be served by Mike Nifong standing trial, an outcome prevented by then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. But the line above serves as the motto of the ?Justice for Mike Nifong? committee, the organization led by Durham?s resident homophobe, Victoria Peterson. The committee wants to end Nifong?s unemployment by undoing the Bar?s ?despicable? actions and restoring Nifong?s law license. The committee has produced a 10-part, 36-question document?filled with leading yes-or-no questions, seemingly designed to demonstrate the myriad ways in which Nifong was wrongly treated. In its statement of purpose, the two-person group plays off demagogic beliefs deep-seated within the Durham political and legal atmosphere: the group defends Nifong?s behavior on the grounds that he merely ?used the principle of ?equal justice for all? in prosecuting three Duke University athletes who came from families of wealth, status, and privilege...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on August 18, 2008 (boomark / email).