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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