Guess this answers that Duke question...

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_on_re_us/duke_lacrosse

All Charges Dropped....Guess the Ho (I assume this is appropriate context) was lyin!!!

By AARON BEARD, Associated Press Writer
2 minutes ago



RALEIGH, N.C. - Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a party, saying the athletes were innocent victims of a "tragic rush to accuse" by an overreaching district attorney.

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"There were many points in the case where caution would have served justice better than bravado," North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a damning assessment of Durham County District Mike Nifong's handling of the sensational case.

Cooper, who took over the case in January after Nifong was charged with ethics violations that could get him disbarred, said his own investigation concluded not only that the evidence against the young men was insufficient, but that no attack took place.

Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans were indicted last spring on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense after the woman told police she was assaulted in the bathroom at an off-campus house during a team party where she had been hired to perform.

But the attorney general said the eyewitness identification procedures were unreliable, no DNA supported the woman's story, no other witness corroborated it, and the woman contradicted herself.

"Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges," Cooper said.

He said the charges resulted from a "tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations."

Cooper called for the passage of a state law that would allow the North Carolina Supreme Court to remove a prosecutor "who needs to step away from a case where justice demands."

"This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor," he said.
 
Dang, beat me by 2 minutes....Heres my favorite quote..

However, Cooper said no charges will be brought against the accuser, saying she “may actually believe” the many different versions of the stories she has told. “We believe it is in the best interest of justice not to bring charges,” he said.

:rolleyes:
 
I think the guy that had his probation before judgement or whatever it was revoked for the bar fight after this came out should sue the lying bia...
 

Pete

Repete
thakidistight said:
Dang, beat me by 2 minutes....Heres my favorite quote..



:rolleyes:
Could it be racism? Ruin the white guys lives but let the real criminal go because she is black and "may believe" one of the many lies she told and if they prosecute her they may look bad picking on a poor demented black woman.
 

PsyOps

Pixelated
I thought providing false testimony and filing a false police report were crimes. Is there no reprisal for the (falsely) accused?

I have a relative that was acquitted of something similar and it turned out the accusers were completely lying about the whole thing but apparently the legal system doesn't see reason to file charges against them for wasting the systems time, effort and money trying to prosecute a crime that never happened, not to mention all the legal fees the accused accrues.

Where’s the justice? :tantrum
 

vraiblonde

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“We believe it is in the best interest of justice not to bring charges,” he said.
That is the biggest load of horse#### I've ever heard in my life. If you ruin someone's life by bringing false charges against them, you should be prosecuted.

Especially in cases of rape because this is the sort of thing that sheds doubt on every rape case that gets reported.

:mad:
 

Charles

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Qurious said:
Good for them. Maybe next time they'll think twice about flucking some floosy.
good advice
 

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