The men are exonerated. But every vacuous Duke professor who jumped on the white-boy-hunt bandwagon, every race hustler who competed for headlines and profit, every feminist who banged a pot or keyboard in protest, every black person who still believes “something” happened in that house that night, and every fool who thinks the men should be punished anyway to make up for injustices against blacks, remains indicted for failing to remember that justice denied for one is justice denied for all.
Justice must pay a special visit to Nifong. At the very least, he should lose his job as district attorney. At most, he should lose his license to practice law. Last week, a North Carolina State Bar panel denied his request to drop the most serious charge filed against him – that he withheld exculpatory DNA evidence from the defense. Things are looking bad for Nifong, but they’re looking good for justice.
It is my wish that every man and woman who took to the airwaves, print and online media, and college campus podiums to castigate Seligmann, Finnerty, and Evans for the basest of reasons – pettiness, jealousy, envy, and hatred – is rendered his or her due.