We now are seeing the power-hungry DA in this case, Michael Nifong, break the law by refusing even to look at strong evidence that one of the indicted Duke LAX players clearly was not at the party when the alleged (emphasis on “alleged”) rape occurred. (It is a violation of the law for a prosecutor to deliberately ignore or try to suppress exculpatory evidence, so we now know that Mike Nifong is a criminal.)

Second, the other stripper at the party has changed her story on a number of occasions, and even contacted a PR firm in asking “how to spin this to my advantage.” If that were not enough, we find that Nifong has given her extremely favorable treatment in another felony case. According to the Associated Press:

“(Kim) Roberts, 31, was arrested on March 22 — eight days after the party — on a probation violation from a 2001 conviction for embezzling $25,000 from a photofinishing company in Durham where she was a payroll specialist, according to documents obtained by the AP.

On Monday, the same day a grand jury indicted lacrosse players Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, a judge agreed to a change so that Roberts would no longer have to pay a 15 percent fee to a bonding agent. District Attorney Mike Nifong signed a document saying he would not oppose the change.”

This is most interesting. Apparently, Nifong is moving toward forgiving a real crime so this person can lie to a jury — with the DA’s blessing. It is a crime to suborn perjury, and that is almost surely what Roberts is going to give in her testimony.

One of the indicted athletes was in a cab driven by Moez Mostafa, who has told the press information that would exonerate this so-called suspect, obviously is from a Muslim country, most likely Pakistan or Bangladesh. (A large number of immigrant males from those countries have gone into the cab service here.)

I would not be surprised if Mostafa starts finding himself harassed by authorities, and even receives a “friendly” visit or two from assistant DAs and the police. They will be desperate to force him to change his testimony, and if they cannot do that, they will try to trump up charges against him or, at the least, regulatory violations regarding his business.

The only illegal conduct I believe that occurred at the party was underage drinking. The real crimes were committed afterwards, and they weren’t committed by the LAX players. We can expect more criminal behavior from the authorities as this case moves on.