Florida state attorney Willlie Meggs announced at a lighthearted press conference earlier today that there will be no charges filed against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. The announcement came at a very convenient time for Winston, the team leaves tonight for the ACC Championship game in North Carolina on Saturday. USA Today says “Heisman all but settled for Winston”. The quarterback appears to be the top pick for the Heisman trophy winner, ironically ballots are due in two days. The announcement of Winston being a free man should come as a shock considering Meggs announced a little over a week ago that the timeline for a decision would be two weeks. Winston’s attorney, Timothy Jansen told press he met with Meggs on November 27th to “speed things up”, a day after Meggs announced the two week timeline for the decision. Meggs acknowledged this and said that “absolutely nothing” was accomplished by Jansens visit. There have been some in discrepancies in this case since it was first reported. The alleged rape occurred on December 12, 2012. The victim reported the rape immediately against an unknown subject. The Tallahassee Police Department took the case from Florida State University Police immediately after it was reported. In early January the victim identified Jameis Winston as her attacker. The family brought in a family friend as an attorney who discussed the case with Detective Scott Angulo. According to the victim’s family’s statement, Angulo said to the attorney, “Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim need to think long and hard before proceeding against him because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable.” In January Detective Angulo refused to collect Winston’s DNA or interview his roommate who allegedly witnessed the attack because he said it would alert Winston. Winston’s attorney was however alerted in February and told by the Tallahassee Police Department that the case was closed. This allowed Winston months to prepare his defense and witnesses. Eleven months after it was reported, the case was brought back into the light. Winston submitted a DNA sample on November 14 which came back positive on November 19. Winston’s DNA was found in the victim’s underwear. However, another male’s DNA was found on the victim’s shorts. The victim did disclose that she had a boyfriend whom she did have sex with before the attack. Having another male’s DNA on her shorts poses a problem in court, however there is still the clear question as to why Winston’s DNA was in her underwear. On November 21, Jansen said he wasn’t surprised that the DNA came back positive and that the encounter was consensual. In this case, what else is an attorney supposed to say? His only options with that hard evidence were to say that it was consensual or that it was indeed rape. Jansen says he did express his concern that the delay would affect Winston’s reputation and his voters in the Heisman. There are arguably several problems with the case and how it was carried out. The victim was strongly discouraged to carry out with charges and after she did, the system seemed to work against her favor in every way. The case was dismissed just in time for Jameis Winston to participate in the ACC Championship game and remain on the ballot for the Heisman; was it too soon?