"It's nothing but a smear campaign," Simeon said. "The defense lawyers want to discredit her before potential jurors, to intimidate her into being quiet."
Posted on 04/22/2006 2:45:35 AM PDT by abb
Defense lawyers and legal experts say District Attorney Mike Nifong may have crossed ethical lines in public comments about rape allegations involving Duke University lacrosse players, potentially prejudicing jurors and setting off a media maelstrom.
Nifong says that he has done nothing wrong, though he has ceased talking with reporters about allegations made by an escort service dancer hired to perform at a March 13 team party. He would speak only about his handling of the case Friday.
"In terms of what I said, no, I wouldn't say I regret anything I've said," Nifong said. "I think what I have learned, basically, is that if you cooperate with the media out of a sense of duty to public truth, you make yourself a victim."
Local observers were hard-pressed this week to remember a case with so much back-and-forth between the prosecution and defense playing out in a 24-hour news cycle. It has some suggesting a judge should step in with a gag order.
Defense attorneys for the lacrosse players say it is their clients who have been victimized by Nifong, and they blunt criticism of their own extensive public comments by saying they are just attempting to limit the damage. Some also said photos, ATM receipts and other evidence they claim exonerates the two team members arrested Tuesday were given to the media only after Nifong refused to look at them.
In its ethical rules, the N.C. State Bar orders lawyers to refrain from statements outside the courtroom that they know might have "a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing" legal proceedings. But once one side talks to the press, ethics rules say the other side can make statements "a reasonable lawyer" would believe are required to protect a client from bad publicity.
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ID issue on fox now
That didn't last long.
That Kim is a piece of work--These guys should have nothing to worry about other than being falsely accused of rape, being thrown out of college and losing their job offers..just brush it off!
I thought he was blind.........
Scuse me..... LOL
You are welcome!
And where did I say that they signed a new lease?
You said you assumed they signed a new lease.
It makes me green!
pepperhead has posted on the Duke threads, so why the hostility? I thought she was trying to get the new poster to talk. I'm not sure where you're coming from.
Yes in response to your post regarding a lease. I do not understand how and why you went there, so I provided you a link regarding Duke housing/leasing website.
Regardless of whether one lives on or off campus, one would and/or should sign a lease. And from what I have just read on North Carolina's tenants and landlords site, agreements can be written and or/ oral.
Pepperhead = he ;)
I don't know about an "object" but they sure as heck found some KY Jelly. Why does a "dancer" need KY Jelly?
Am I just naive? Has anyone ever heard of someone being "Orally raped"?
Huh?
>>I don't know about an "object" but they sure as heck found some KY Jelly. Why does a "dancer" need KY Jelly?<<
I've not heard that before....Is it from a news report?
Do you remember where you heard that?
I actually SAW it on a report of the confiscated items from one of the searches (from a search warrant). It was posted here at FR but I'm sure someone has a link.
"It's nothing but a smear campaign," Simeon said. "The defense lawyers want to discredit her before potential jurors, to intimidate her into being quiet."
See post #256 above. It was actually listed among items confiscated as a result of a search warrant.
LOL
I know I shouldn't laugh....but, scuse me, can they not find anyone else to spin for the skank? Her daddy isn't any better...how many different versions of his recollection has he spewed..3, 4, 5?
Think oral copulation or Monica Lewinsky, but done because of threats and intimidation.
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