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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They don't have security guards in front of your grocery stores? Wow!
Of the house? Must have been....they found suspicious printer manuals and mini Ipods in the guys dorm rooms...
KY Jelly.....ah....I use it for lip gloss....yeah, lip gloss...that's the ticket..
Do any of you know anything about this??
It's news to me, but I wasn't following these threads closely at the beginning.
'The seized material included a bath mat, a bath rug, computers, digital cameras, a "make up bag with ID," five fingernails, and a bottle of K-Y jelly. (6 pages)"
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0329061duke1.html
They don't have them in front of mine either.
HaHa...Yesterday someone posted "Krodg is the man!" and I responded that my hubby would dispute that.
Nope. I think it's something I'd remember....perhaps the sw is on smokinggun?
Thank you! I was just going to look...:-)
My google respone was due to your continual question regarding Duke owning the off campus houses.
They own the house?
173 posted on 04/22/2006 2:28:38 PM CDT by pepperhead _________________________________________________
Yes, they own several houses in the immediate area.
179 posted on 04/22/2006 2:36:04 PM CDT by Dukie07
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The house was off-campus. Do you still think they own it? 180 posted on 04/22/2006 2:41:31 PM CDT by pepperhead
Funny thing ... the press has yet to mention this. Any wonder why?
Thanks!! Interesting, but this is what was recovered from the house. It doesn't say it was from the AV's purse or make-up bag.
Well, I can assure you it didn't belong to the Lacrosse team!
It was found WITH the fingernails and makeup bag. I think a jury could easily figure out who owned it. We all know where these "dancers" worked, and we all know what the term "escort" really means when they have Adult-Only websites. Anyone who thinks the two "dancers" are innocent victims in this case are only fooling themselves.
Hahaha, bet his jewelry is 10k gold, too ;-D
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1877707&page=1
Am I reading this article wrong, or does the official identification report say the false accuser contends that Seligmann orally raped her, while Finnerty and Perp 3 BOTH vaginally and anally raped her ... a total of five, not three penetrations? And the prosecution is trying to now shrink the timeline? Scuse me?
Am I incorrect. Does that not read K-Y jelly bottle photograph?
When is this dumbass Nifong going to throw in the towel?
He has no case.
Let's just pray the bottle only has her fingerprints on it!!
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