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Published: Apr 14, 2007 12:30 AM
Modified: Apr 14, 2007 03:21 AM

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This report was based on information from these sources:

Nifong at the copier: interviews with Jim Cooney and Assistant District Attorney David Saacks

Nifong takes over: case report of Sgt. Mark Gottlieb dated March 24, 2006

'I think she is lying': Account of Duke police officer Sara Beth Falcon in case notes of Investigator Benjamin Himan.

Refused to discuss the case with defense lawyers: interviews with Wade Smith, Joseph B. Cheshire V, James D. "Butch" Williams Jr., Bill Cotter, Bill Thomas, Bob Ekstrand, Kirk Osborn, Kerry Sutton, Julian Mack and Cooney

Linwood Wilson: interviews with Moezeldin Elmostafa, H.P. Thomas, affidavit of Yolanda Hayes, Wilson's notes

No evidence Mangum challenged: prosecution case file

Didn't speak with doctor: interview with defense lawyer Doug Kingsbery

No serious felony cases since 1999: prior N& O interviews with Nifong

Never dealt with a swarm of reporters: Nexis search on Nifong

Conscientious objector: Nifong attorney David Freedman

Nifong's reputation: interviews with lawyers, judges and others

Nifong at the copier II: Nifong told Cooney he saw the judge's order March 23; Nifong did sign a subpoena for Mangum's medical records March 20, but such subpoenas are routine in a district attorney's office

Troubled identifications: records of March 16 and March 21 ID procedures, Himan case notes, Mangum statements

Use of condoms: medical records, Duke Sexual Assault Exam Report, Mangum statements to police, Mangum handwritten statement

Angela Ashby: Ashby case notes, SBI records

Nifong meets with Ekstrand: interview with Bob Ekstrand

Brown's conversations with Nifong: interviews with Jackie Brown

Easley on Nifong: Gov. Mike Easley's statement at NYU School of Law

Nifong's pension: Office of the State Treasurer

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