I just caught a bit of this on the news. All charges dropped. Looks like Nifong is to be charged with ethics violations, witholding of exculpatory evidence, etc.
Roy Cooper, the Attorney General, was quoted as saying that on weighing all the available evidence, the accused could not be considered as anything other than innocent, a hell of a strong pronouncement from an AG.
I haven't heard whether any of the Black Panthers were clamoring to be among the first to apologize for their prejudicial comments.