Is the Duke Case unravelling?

[Penn]

Newsweek: Has Duke case collapsed?

Doubts About Duke

The prosecutor insists his rape case is strong. One big problem: the facts thus far.

.......court documents in the case increasingly suggest that Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong had very little evidence upon which to indict three players for rape. Indeed, the available evidence is so thin or contradictory that it seems fair to ask what Nifong could have been thinking when he confidently told reporters that there was "no doubt" in his mind that the woman had been raped at the party held by the lacrosse team.

 

[vraiblonde]

No flies on you, Newsweek - way to keep on top of the news.

 

[Lilypad]

Just in-itsy bitsy tidbit

Duke Lacrosse Player Convicted in D.C. Assault

Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty has been convicted and sentenced to six months probation for an assault in Georgetown-unrelated to the rape charges against him in North Carolina.

Finnerty was found guilty of misdemeanor assault in a confrontation last November outside a Georgetown bar.

Finnerty was also ordered to undergo drug and alcohol treatment if recommended by his probation officers.

The charges against Finnerty could have been dismissed, but a judge ruled that he must stand trial because his North Carolina arrest violated an agreement with prosecutors.

More details to come.

Me thinks young Collin doesn't have the sterling rep Duke tries to instill.
Let's get real, if you have money you can buy you way out or to a lesser charge and keep your butt out of jail ... our system of justice is not equal to all. This was a hate related crime he was convicted on, and he has not received the justice he so well deserves and I'm sure we'll see him again in the future as his behavior is escalating and becoming more serious with each event.

 

[willie]

Newsweek: Has Duke case collapsed?

Doubts About Duke

The prosecutor insists his rape case is strong. One big problem: the facts thus far.

.......court documents in the case increasingly suggest that Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong had very little evidence upon which to indict three players for rape. Indeed, the available evidence is so thin or contradictory that it seems fair to ask what Nifong could have been thinking when he confidently told reporters that there was "no doubt" in his mind that the woman had been raped at the party held by the lacrosse team.

Do you know what happened to the last person that used blue font?
BTW, that case unraveled long ago along with Nifong's brain.

 

[Larry Gude]

This has gotta...

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/13/D8M06HMG0.html


...end up with prosecutorial misconduct, at minimum.

DNA testing conducted by a private lab in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser's body and her underwear _ but none from any team member, including the three charged with rape, according to a defense motion filed Wednesday.

The motion, signed by attorneys for defendants Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, complained that the information was not disclosed in a report on the testing prosecutors provided earlier this year to the defense.

 

[Lenny]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/13/D8M06HMG0.html


...end up with prosecutorial misconduct, at minimum.

District Attorney Mike Nifong, who has generally refused to talk about the facts of the case since granting a flurry of interviews in the investigation's early days, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Defense attorneys for Seligmann and Finnerity either declined comment or did not immediately return a message

the bastage was granting all kinds of interviews claiming this was a "slam dunk" case. Then it turns out he didn't even look at the evidence!

 

[Two-er]

Yep - at this point, Nifong should be hoping to make it thru this without being indicted himself.

 

[mv_princess]

Breaking News: Defense attorney says some charges against Duke lacrosse players dropped.

And she is gettin ready to pop out a baby

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

And she is gettin ready to pop out a baby

DURHAM, N.C. - Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges.

According to court papers filed Friday by District Attorney Mike Nifong, the accuser told a prosecution investigator on Thursday that she now does not know if she was penetrated during the alleged attack.

Nifong had previously said he would rely on the woman’s account because of a lack of DNA evidence against the players.
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The other charges don't hold water either. They WEREN'T EVEN AT THE HOUSE when any of this took place. Nifong should be in jail, not these boys.

 

[FromTexas]

That he didn't drop all the charges as she canged her story (again) is ridicurus. Just as Confucious. He knows everything.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

That he didn't drop all the charges as she canged her story (again) is ridicurus. Just as Confucious. He knows everything.

She's too inconsistent. This case is a defense attorney's dream case right here...

 

[StrwberryKisses]

I'm just glad that this thing will be over. Those guys need to get on with there lives and hopefully they will have learned something.

 

[vraiblonde]

Those guys need to get on with there lives and hopefully they will have learned something.

What might they have learned, pray tell? That Duke University throws its students to the wolves without any evidence of wrongdoing? That there's been a little change in this country judicial policy and you're now guilty until proven innocent?

 

[vraiblonde]

Have any of you read the book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe?

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

What might they have learned, pray tell? That Duke University throws its students to the wolves without any evidence of wrongdoing? That there's been a little change in this country judicial policy and you're now guilty until proven innocent?

Unless of course you're Michael Jackson...

I personally don't think Scott Peterson was PROVEN guilty. The evidence they had wasn't enough to convince three jurors, which is unusually high for any mistrial. Instead, they resorted to unconstitutional tactics of throwing three jurors off the jury to get a guilty verdict.

 

[vraiblonde]

I personally don't think Scott Peterson was PROVEN guilty. The evidence they had wasn't enough to convince three jurors, which is unusually high for any mistrial. Instead, they resorted to unconstitutional tactics of throwing three jurors off the jury to get a guilty verdict.

Where do you get this stuff?

Scott Peterson was CLEARLY guilty and there was more than enough evidence to convict.

 

[Lenny]

Where do you get this stuff?

Scott Peterson was CLEARLY guilty and there was more than enough evidence to convict.

You forgot to add the smilie. Someone might get the idea you were serious.

 

[Penn]

It's looking more and more like Michael Nifong hasn't had a shred of evidence, rather than a political motive in this case; I just don't see why he is proceeding with it.

What's his goal?

What does he think he's going to achieve?


All the DNA evidence suggests otherwise. :shrug:

 

[crabcake]

Dingdong is going to be under investigation here shortly. The general consensus here is that that is partly why he's dropping the rape charges ... that, and the little fact that he failed to properly disclose some pretty key information to the defense.

At the hearing, director of Burlington-based DNA Security Brian Meehan said his lab found DNA from unidentified men in the underwear and body of the woman who said she was raped at a lacrosse party in March.That was news to defense attorneys, who said Nifong should have disclosed that much earlier.

"All of a sudden, the accuser says she can't remember" being raped, Cheshire said.

What a coinkydink.

I hope each of these boys sues Dingdong personally for trashing their lives .... that slimey bastard.

 

[crabcake]

It's About Damn Time!

N. C. Bar Has Filed an Ethics Complaint Against Nifong