tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post8754435090215288569..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Cohan & Mangum's Credibilitykcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27778646433878840532014-04-23T19:56:59.101-04:002014-04-23T19:56:59.101-04:00Wendy Murphy, one of the something happened advoca...Wendy Murphy, one of the something happened advocates, was trumpeting that Nifong would publish a book blowing the lid off the case. I wonder where Wendy has been. It is significant that she can not or will not endorse Cohan's bookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-89958113690668397482014-04-23T17:45:24.968-04:002014-04-23T17:45:24.968-04:00To the 2.47:
1.) He didn't interview Levicy.
...To the 2.47:<br /><br />1.) He didn't interview Levicy.<br /><br />2.) Don't know :)<br /><br />3.) Don't know :)kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88836605883946224392014-04-23T14:47:32.387-04:002014-04-23T14:47:32.387-04:00Did Cohan interview Tara Levicy?
Am not about to ...Did Cohan interview Tara Levicy?<br /><br />Am not about to buy his rag to find out.<br /><br />Is Cohan a Communist?<br /><br />Is levicy a Communist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25026549547501088282014-04-23T14:37:49.568-04:002014-04-23T14:37:49.568-04:00In one sense I'm elated to have daily posts fr...In one sense I'm elated to have daily posts from KC. In another sense, I'm horrified that we have daily posts from KC. That we still have ANYONE backing Nifong and Mangum at this time is proof that my pappy was right when he said "the masses are asses." Cohan should be ashamed of himself. But having KC toy with him and his reputation is like the train wreck you just can't turn away from.skwillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216150339054413310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48090751600268994282014-04-23T14:31:02.128-04:002014-04-23T14:31:02.128-04:00Criminal trials are not held to satisfy public cur...Criminal trials are not held to satisfy public curiosity. They are held when the prosecution claims to believe that the accused has committed a criminal violation of the law.<br /><br />As K.C. has so aptly pointed out, neither Mary Winstead nor James Coman believed that any crimes had been committed, at least by the lacrosse players. Thus, it would have been illegal for them to bring the case to trial and they could have been subject to criminal prosecution themselves or at least severe discipline by the North Carolina State Bar.<br /><br />Furthermore, K.C. is correct regarding Cohan's claim that his book is the missing "trial." Instead, it is a collection of lies, smears, and innuendos, not to mention some really stupid and pathetic writing. And this guy is a "star" in the New York literary set? I guess American writers are not what they used to be.William L. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28507369361246723762014-04-23T11:26:25.998-04:002014-04-23T11:26:25.998-04:00"This case needs a trial."
The above re..."This case needs a trial."<br /><br />The above refrain came from one Ted Williams, a Washington D.C.-based defense attorney who frequently appeared on Greta Van Susteren's TV show commenting on the Duke Lacrosse case. <br /><br />Williams said this late in 2006 after Nifong's case, such as it was, had imploded. This had become the fall back position of those who jumped on the original bandwagon. <br /><br />Cohan is actually claiming it was an injustice for Roy Cooper and the special prosecutors to dismiss the case. He says there should have been a trial. <br /><br />Well, if all the evidence points to the innocence of the accused, the proper course of action is to dismiss the case. <br /><br />Trial JunkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50526897644913635722014-04-23T10:23:55.521-04:002014-04-23T10:23:55.521-04:00Doesn't anyone think it sad that author WIllia...Doesn't anyone think it sad that author WIlliam Cohan shows he has the acumen of people like Crystal Mangum and Mike Nifong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25588562889048775912014-04-23T10:15:16.165-04:002014-04-23T10:15:16.165-04:00I have not read the book, but does Cohan in the bo...I have not read the book, but does Cohan in the book reference the Justice4Nifong website and Sidney Harr? Because this group is saying almost the same things. It is like Cohan is following this group verbatim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-57408278867620238142014-04-23T08:55:34.311-04:002014-04-23T08:55:34.311-04:00I repeat my suggestion from yesterday: I suggest a...I repeat my suggestion from yesterday: I suggest a live Oxford-style debate between KCJ and WDC on the PBS/NPR program "<a href="http://intelligencesquaredus.org/" rel="nofollow">Intelligence Squared</a>."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47623070382076475892014-04-23T06:58:51.014-04:002014-04-23T06:58:51.014-04:00Latest tally from Amazon for William Cohan's l...Latest tally from Amazon for William Cohan's latest work:<br /><br />Seven 5 star<br />Three 4 star<br />FIFTY ONE 1 star<br /><br />Has any other book sold by Amazon ever done so well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5416263409322405292014-04-23T06:22:57.352-04:002014-04-23T06:22:57.352-04:00Nifong would not have immunity in testimony given ...Nifong would not have immunity in testimony given at the bar hearing nor at the contempt hearing in September, 2007. Neither would he have immunity regarding anything he said under oath during depositions.<br /><br />It would not have been difficult, legally speaking, to have indicted Nifong for perjury, but it would have been politically difficult. As we can see, there is a sizable group of people out there, especially on the Left, that want to believe his lies.<br /><br />Shortly after the case had ended, Counterpunch, the quasi-Marxist web publication, had a piece that tried to make Nifong and Crystal look credible. I confronted the late publisher of Counterpunch during an event in Reston in 2007. It didn't turn out well, but at least I tried.<br /><br />(Counterpunch did publish my piece, "The Railroading of Tonya Craft" in April 2010. It was briefly featured in a story on the Today Show about Craft and the trial. She was acquitted in a trial that saw prosecutorial misconduct committed on a scale that made Nifong look nearly honest.)William L. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34045190699155413462014-04-23T05:46:09.723-04:002014-04-23T05:46:09.723-04:00How about perjury trials for Nifong and Mangum?
O...How about perjury trials for Nifong and Mangum?<br /><br />Oh, yeah, she's "got mental problems" and he's "got immunity".<br /><br />How convenient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com