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.
Absolutely stunning, isn't it?
I don't think I did. Barry Scheck got OJ off even though everyone in America knows OJ did it. Letting Scheck come within three counties of this trial would make it look like the families had hired him to get their sons off too.
It's going to be difficult enough fighting through the racial prejudice as it is. I don't think evidence is going to matter. I think the defense's only hope is to break the victim on the stand.
I don't think he would play well to a Southern jury...
Cheshire's remark about the black woman racist was calling a spade a spade. (Sorry, couldn't resist).
Wasn't there some knid of lubricant found in the bathroom? or in her purse or something??
Slim to none.
I have re-thought my post and I agree with you....nevermind...lol
sorry, forgot the quotes
victim = "victim"
bttt
Kind of got ol' Judge Nap's attention, it did. I think he changed his mind during the presser. Now let's see if he flips again. What is he...a chameleon?
I'm pulling for SNOT!
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That is what I thought it was along. But we will never know for sure. If there were enough material to know, then they would have a full 13 point DNA profile to match. They don't. So I suspect as a non-geneticist that there is no way to know what that small amount of material is?
Bottle of K-Y was listed as seized on the warrant, I believe. It's unlikely to belong to a guy, I would think.
The infamous KY-Jelly
When Evans said he wanted to clear his good name...I lost it. I put this poem in all my boys baby books....and have reminded them often of it....I don't know who wrote it. Part of it says...
About your name that your father gave you...
"When he got it from his father,
There was no dishonor there,
So make sure you guard it wisely;
After all is said and done,
You'll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son.."
How dispicable of NiFong and his trained skank! I am furious that these kids have their names and pics all over the media....and the whore is protected. And her boyfriend/pimp! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
IMO what Nifong has in his head is if he doesn't see any exculpatory evidence then he can go right on doing what he is doing. If he saw it he would have to do things differently. He can say "well, I didn't know THAT. If I had I wouldn't have gone forward". Bad lawyer two step.
I wish I knew if it could rightly be called "tissue", as the DA's office leaked.
Perhaps......A little snot spot!
KY Jelly. Something a "dancer" shouldn't need.
It just makes me go hmmmm because we haven't heard anything more about it.
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