Doug Brocker, prosecutor, is questioning him. They’re discussing Evans’ attorneys trying to meet with him. Nifong seems very, very subdued.
Looking at a letter from Evans’ attorney, Joe Cheshire, saying they would be glad to meet with him. Nifong says he doesn’t have a specific recollection of the letter.
Nifong says he did not know what Evans might say. Speaking so softly that the panel asks him to speak up. Says he would become a witness to an exculpatory statement if he met with Evans. I guess he only wanted INculpatory statements from the players.
Brocker shows him a deposition Brocker took last month from him under oath. Brocker: I asked you if there were any questions he didn’t understand and if any were unfair and Nifong said there weren’t.
Brocker shows him where he discussed the Cheshire letter and he mentioned that he didn’t want to become a witness. Said one factor in not interviewing him was becoming a witness, but the other reason was that he wasn’t interested in a non-incriminating statement from Evans, just an incriminating one given to police. [I was right!]
Brocker: You don’t think it’s important to get exculpatory information in front of the grand jury? Nifong: I don’t appear before the grand jury. The police do.
