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By KC Johnson

An excellent article in today's Herald-Sun from reporter Ray Gronberg, explaining why Mike Nifong's bakruptcy filing will, perhaps, buy him some time but will not help him avoid liability for what he did. In addition, as Gronberg observes, a bankruptcy trustee "is certain to look at whether Nifong tried to hide assets from his creditors. The former DA's petition claimed he owned only a house, a car and $500 worth of clothing. He listed no other belongings -- not even a book or CD."Aaron Beard obtains the first reaction from the falsely accused players' legal team to the City of Durham's filings. Richard Emery, who's representing Reade Seligmann, called the city's response "a very artful attempt to duck responsibilities they have . . . The simple fact is, while Nifong is definitely one of the preliminary malefactors in this whole sad saga, he was playing the role of a municipal actor and therefore Durham is responsible since they put him in charge (of the investigation)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).