As far as compelling television goes, Bush's interview with Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes pales in comparison to Leslie Stahl's sit down with the families of the Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape but remain in the legal crosshairs thanks to the outrageous and unforgiveable behavior of Durham DA Mike Nifong. The interview is available on CBSNews.com in two parts (Part I and Part II).

As a parent, it's impossible to watch the interview without sharing the rage these folks feel over the way their children have been persecuted. And as a son, it's also impossible not to empathize with how the accused boys must feel seeing their parents' anguish, and watching them fight at great personal cost to try and right the horrible wrong done to them by Nifong.

On a related note, Joseph Neff of the Charlotte Observer reports that the NC State Bar has their hands on a March 30, 2005 letter from defense attorney Joseph B. Cheshire V warning Nifong about making prejudicial statements to the media. Two days after Nifong began his media binge of more than 70 interviews, Cheshire tried to set up a meeting with Nifong to talk. Nifong flatly refused. The following day Cheshire wrote:

"I do not understand why you will reportedly speak to the media in such certain, condemning terms before all the evidence is in, but you will not have the courtesy to meet or even speak with a representative of someone you have publicly condemned, despite your knowledge of the presumption of innocence and your position as an officer of the court bound by the Rules of Professional Conduct related to pre-trial publicity."

Cheshire railed further against Nifong's conduct:

"You and I have known each other for a long time, and I do not mind telling you I was amazed at that response. In 33 years, I have never seen such a request denied by a prosecutor, nor in such a manner. Your responsive comments, reported to Ms. Bitzenhofer by Ms. Eason verbatim, seemed to suggest I should call the Durham Police Department and have my client charged with a crime before you would have a conversation with me on a topic you have demonstrated no reluctance to discuss with myriad local and national news reporters over the last several days." [snip]

"In addition to being patently false, your comments about the failure of anyone under suspicion to speak to law enforcement represent the type of negative comments on the exercise of Fifth Amendment rights that you would never be able to get away with in a courtroom."

It's looking more and more like disbarment and further disgrace await this District Attorney. In that sense, it seems like justice may finally be done in this case, but not before a whole lot of lives and reputations have been ruined in the process.