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Stay Classy, Linwood!

By K.C. Johnson

Few figures associated with the lacrosse case are quite so despicable as Linwood Wilson?the ethically-challenged, Bible-singing p.i. hired by the equally ethically-challenged Mike Nifong to be Nifong?s chief investigator.Wilson, who was summarily fired as soon as the disbarred Nifong left his position, has had a rather checkered career since his time as Sheriff of the Lacrosse Case. As a defendant in civil suits filed by the falsely accused players, he elected to represent himself, in the process proving the aphorism that a man who represents himself ha s a fool for a client. And he experienced life as a criminal defendant, when his wife accused him of threatening to kill her, sending her a text-message stating, "'til death do we part remember your wedding vows...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on March 19, 2011 (boomark / email).