[OakOak]

You heard it here first:

I predict the DA will file additional charges against one of the two players already indicted. He confiscated the computer(s) of one or both. I look for him to file more charges that he will use to further embarass the team and Defense attorneys.

Number 1: The DA has looked silly and he's hot (IMO)
Number 2: He will influence the jury pool and he knows he can count on the media to use the embarassing info to taint ALL the players. They will speak of it as a team, group, or White male priviledge thing.

I'm not saying the charges will stick, I'm saying he'll abuse his authority to release embarrassing info to taint the entire team. The charge can be dropped at any later date.

[staytrue]

He confiscated the computer(s) of one or both.

Maybe he will redate the computer, type in "a confession" by one of the players in the computer, and then reset the date again and have this as conclusive proof of guilt.

[maggief]

He confiscated the computer(s) of one or both.

They may not have Finnerty's computer ...

Sources told WRAL that the officers were looking for Finnerty's computer and that they seized several undisclosed items from his room. Although his attorney, Bill Cotter, would not comment about the evidence, he did say he was surprised that police searched the room after his clients' arrest and not before.

"Normally, search warrants are the basis for the charges," Cotter said.

A few weeks ago, authorities also searched lacrosse player Ryan McFadyen's dorm room, which is adjacent to Finnerty's, after they received information about an e-mail message that talked about plans to kill a stripper. McFadyen has not been charged in the case, but attorneys have said he was suspended.

http://www.wral.com/news/8820200/detail.html

[zchoosey1]

If the players have nothing to hide they should offer to have their rooms/homes, cellphones, computers, cars, searched-seized and then all this would end. It would certainly speed things up. And all the party attendees names should be revealed, as well. If there's nothing to hide, then tell everything you know. Why have your school year interrupted? If I was a lacrosse player I would voluntarily provide a hair, semen, fingernail and every type of sample known to distance myself from the publicity.
But just what if she was given a date-rape drug?...that will be revealed at some point...Then what? What if the DA is holding on to this info?