Is it just me?

Or is this an absurd statement: Nifong stopped short of confirming the defense assessment of the DNA results, but said the case would not be hampered by a lack of DNA evidence.

"It doesn't mean nothing happened," Nifong said at a public forum at North Carolina Central University, where the 27-year-old alleged victim is a student. "It just means nothing was left behind."

This comes in the wake of yesterday's announcement that none of the Duke University lacrosse players whose DNA was tested in relation to the alleged rape of woman at an on-campus party on March 13th.

How exactly Mr. Nifong expects to prove that the woman was raped at the party escapes me. No evidence, short of eyewitness testimony exists that could prove it.

Isn't it more likely that whatever happened, happened somewhere else?

If Nifong turns out to be right, then I say good for him. His persistence will have paid off and this crime will be prosecuted, as it should be.

I just wonder though if no DNA was left behind, aren't the odds better that it wasn't any one of the tested athletes?

One black woman's opinion on the news of no matches.