Posted on 05/15/2006 7:14:12 AM PDT by pissant
DURHAM - A Durham grand jury is scheduled to meet today, and the session could mean new charges in the investigation of a reported rape at a Duke lacrosse team party.
Two of the team's players were indicted in April on charges of first degree rape, first degree sex offense and first degree kidnapping. They are accused of assaulting an escort service dancer in a bathroom of a house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. Their lawyers say the men are innocent, and lawyers representing dozens of team members say that no sex or assault occurred at the March 13 party.
But the woman says she was attacked by three men, and Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong said he has been working on bringing charges against a third person.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY? If Nifong decides to submit the case, police investigators and possibly other witnesses will try to convince grand jurors in a secret session that the state has probable cause to bring a case forward. Grand jurors will hear only the prosecution's side of the case. The standard required for a true bill of indictment is far lower than the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard required for a conviction.
IF INDICTMENTS ARE ISSUED, WHEN WILL THEY BECOME PUBLIC? On April 17, a judge ordered the indictments in the lacrosse case sealed. The names of the players who were indicted were not released until 5 a.m. the next day when the players surrendered at the Durham County jail. If Nifong again requests that the indictments be sealed, the law allows a judge to keep them secret until the person is arrested or appears in court.
WHEN WILL ALL THE EVIDENCE BE REVEALED? State law requires prosecutors to turn over all of their case files to defense lawyers, but nothing requires the evidence to be turned over to the public. In open court hearings, lawyers often discuss some of the evidence, but the state's case may not be revealed until trial. No trial dates have been set. When a report on the DNA testing is complete, Nifong is required by law to turn it over to all 46 members of the lacrosse team who submitted DNA samples.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The cases against Reade William Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y., are moving forward. Finnerty has a court date in June. Seligmann is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. His attorney, Kirk Osborn, has filed a series of motions challenging Nifong's handling of the case and asking a judge to bar the prosecutor from further involvement.
Duke '85
He's intentionally delaying this until drive time and I'm ready to go home. Guess I'll stick around the office for 20 minutes.
I'm playing catch-up--
What's the blockbuster?
Enquiring minds NEED to know!
I know nothing about it. You're saying Sean said on his radio show TODAY that there are new allegations coming up in the case? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm........... If he talks about them, please, please inform us. I can't turn on the radio in this room because the cat knocked it off the bookshelf last night and broke it.
Well this is certainly blockbuster, if true....
I've been thinking about this all wek, and I've come to the conclusion this is what he wants. He will then join the black community as a victim.
Just making sure my id still works.
At a tourney a couple of years ago, I was watching my upteenth game when I heard a voice behind me. I thought, wow that guy sounds just like Bill Bennett, I turned and there he was! I gather his sons are pretty good.
I argued with her last night, and went to bed before he/she finished ....I couldn't stand one more minute of the mis-information.
Good Job! Welcome!
I'll relay what he says at 530 est. He keeps talking blockbuster, we'll see.
Sean's usually 8 hours behind FR in my vast 2 month experience
I'm thinking squib.
Baden, Catfish face,.....
Are you logged in?
She may well be a Pell Grant scam artist. You can sign up for college, take your Pell Grant, never bother with classes. Although there are supposed to be controls, it is essentially free money. All you have to do is get admitted. That would explain the zero hours.
The school makes out by getting part of your Pell Grant for tuition. The Pell Grant scam artist gets the rest of the grant. It can amount to a little bit of cash two a year.
I think he just took a break from the case for his show, since he knows his viewers are interested in other cases besides this. I'm sure he'll get to it tomorrow, Maybe he's awaiting receiving an actual copy for himself before he features it on his show. I dunno.
Sean said Megyn Kendall and "Catfish" Guilfoyle would be on.
Oh geeze!
Perhaps it's the information Abrams was talking about - that the partial DNA was on the top of the fingernail, not under it, and not "tissue", such as the screaming duo of harpies, Wendy Murphy and Nancy Grace, are fond of screeching at the top of their lungs every time they're near a microphone.
Oh, Jeez. Springsteen bumper music. Fifth Avenue Freezeout...
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