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.
Could it just be that she's not matriculated. I think that's what mine was like until I did.
sean: "Is there more evidence of an inconsistent story from the accuser."
sean: "Is there more evidence of an inconsistent story from the accuser."
You're not understanding, I don't think. If she told the SANE nurse that the last time she had consensual sex was three weeks before, and her BF's semen was in her at that very moment, it means she lied to the SANE nurse. That's number one. Number two is that such a lie SUGGESTS that Mangum was trying to attribute any injuries in her private (I use that term loosely in Mangum's case) parts she presented with as being the result of the alleged attack by the lax guys since lack of sexual activity with anybody else would bolster that as a reasonable conclusion to draw.
Or she could have failed every class she ever took during that time span, therefore 0 credits.
I think FR already has that well covered. :-)
No news on Abrams today.
This is good news for the Rainbow/Push coalition. They offered to pay her full tuition. Basically nothing.
If you fail a class, you still have to pay tuition.
But, reinforcing failure is a liberal pattern
I'm pretty sure we can probably add Fraud and Income Tax Evasion to her resume. I won't even get into the possibilities of blackmail
I'm sure this is going to be the same stuff we've already heard. Sorry for the double post--2 yr old/keyboard. Commericals half over.
What more evidence of inconsistant story?
I haven't posted here in a long time and wanted to make sure my id and pw are still good. Hannity was talking about breaking news over an hour ago while I was driving home from work. He irritates me because he holds the best stories until the last half hour.
I understand. We just don't have enough info about that report. The lie would have influenced the SANE nurse's opinion, since the semen may have been visible to the nurse.
DNA may have been on top of nail. Old to us..
Welcome back joe, where the heck have you been?
We report. They follow...
Old news. Top of nail--
Dud....
It would sure be good to get this info on the record though, if for nothing else than to shut NG up about it.
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