LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 07/31/2006 7:21:54 PM PDT by jmoo
click on the 'Find it here' .pdf to see the ABN campaign press release.
That would be mam81
And pepperhead, what you said, LOL!
What's Going On At The Herald Sun?
http://www.liestoppers.blogspot.com/
LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Think I killed it. So here it is again.....
from the article:
"..John Stevenson presents some very old news as breaking revelations in an apparent public relations effort on behalf of the Governor appointed District Attorney, Mike Nifong...."
Now why would he do that? Who is this John Stevenson? I guess I will have to find out, LOL!
John Stevenson is the Durham HeraldSun reporter who penned the fraudulent story last night...
They ain't got time. Too busy trying to spring terrorists from Gitmo...
Don't you think (hope) that Duke is allowing (very quietly) both Collin and Reade to pursue their studies during their suspensions? I hope hope that they would be thrown that small crumb.
I hope that when this is over both boys can continue their education without missing a beat. They've paid a high enough price as a result of this mess.
I can guess who is posting that without even reading it. There are about 3 or 4 possibilities. Don't worry, they're all totally irrational.
Regina.Lampert must be Nancy Grace...
Yeah. I hope Duke is allowing Collin and Reade to do something related to their studies. Didn't the DC judge require that Collin be a full time student or work? I never did understand how he was supposed to do that.
Looks like John Stevenson is spinning for the DA:
http://rdu.news14.com/content/story_links/?ArID=84443&SecID=231
New information in Duke lacrosse case
Updated: 5/11/2006 6:56 PM
By: Kenneth Moton & Web Staff
(DURHAM) - There are new developments in the Duke lacrosse rape case. The Durham Herald-Sun newspaper wrote that its sources say there might be a possible DNA match to a suspect.
It would be the first DNA link in the case after the first round of DNA tests came back negative.
Durham Herald-Sun reporter John Stevenson said he has multiple sources that say tissue under the fingernail from the alleged lacrosse rape victim may match one of the players.
(snip)
Interesting theory. Maybe all 4 of them are Nancy Grace. They sound just like her and make the same lame arguments. And they are constantly snide and belligerent and CW never does a thing about it. Hmmm.......
Maggie, one thing we all need to start doing is posting the full text of all Herald-Sun articles since they're not archiving them. That way we've got them on file...
Will do.
Fact of the matter, I'll start right now...
Lawyers haggle over DNA matches
By John Stevenson : The Herald-Sun
jstevenson@heraldsun.com
Jul 31, 2006 : 9:22 pm ET
DURHAM -- Semen found in the house where three Duke lacrosse players allegedly raped an exotic dancer matches the DNA of two team members, but lawyers disagree about its potential impact on the unfolding case.
The previously undisclosed matches, one involving indicted rape suspect David Evans and the other involving a player not charged, have been confirmed by several sources close to the case.
According to the sources, semen on a towel was DNA-linked to Evans.
The towel was retrieved from a hallway at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann are accused of raping an exotic dancer during an off-campus lacrosse party in mid-March.
The towel also contained non-semen-based DNA from someone else, the sources said. They said the other DNA did not match the alleged rape victim or any of more than 40 Duke lacrosse players who gave bodily samples for analyses.
The implication is that Evans had sex with someone other than the accuser, then used the towel to clean himself, defense sources contend.
The only previously reported DNA link to Evans involved a fake acrylic fingernail found in a trashcan at the North Buchanan Boulevard house.
Tissue "consistent" with Evans' genetic makeup was on the fingernail, but the match was not 100 percent conclusive, earlier reports indicated.
The sources said that, in addition to the Evans connection, semen from an unindicted lacrosse player was discovered on the bathroom floor -- the same bathroom where the exotic dancer claimed she was raped.
Attorneys disagree on the impact of the new DNA information.
Some say it shouldn't be taken too seriously.
If the exotic dancer's claim that she was raped without condoms, sodomized and beaten is true, the lawyers reason, some of her DNA would have been found in the bathroom, and DNA from the suspects would have been left in or on her body and clothing.
But extensive testing reportedly turned up no DNA from the accuser at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. And the only semen found inside her was from someone other than a Duke lacrosse player, defense lawyers have said, citing information they received from District Attorney Mike Nifong.
The source of that semen is thought to be the woman's boyfriend.
Nifong did not respond to a request for comment for this article. Attorneys for Evans had no comment.
"It means nothing," said veteran defense lawyer Mark Edwards, who is not involved in the case. "These are college-age males full of testosterone. So what if there is semen found in the house? If the accuser's story was true, their semen should have been found in her, too."
Lawyer Bill Thomas, who represents an unindicted lacrosse player -- but not the one whose semen was discovered on the bathroom floor -- agreed.
"Every person who uses a bathroom on a daily basis will have his DNA present in that bathroom in some form," Thomas said. "But in this case, none of the accuser's DNA whatsoever was found. The only significant DNA is semen from a third party unconnected to the case. There still is no evidence whatsoever linking any of these [lacrosse players] to allegations made by the accuser."
Lawyer Kerry Sutton, also representing an unindicted lacrosse player, said essentially the same thing.
"Finding a healthy young man's semen or DNA on a towel near his bedroom or in his own bathroom couldn't possibly be less shocking," she said. "It would be more surprising if you didn't find it."
But not everyone thinks the semen evidence is unimportant.
Lawyer John Fitzpatrick, who is not connected to the lacrosse case and who teaches periodically at the UNC School of Government in Chapel Hill, said Monday it could have great impact for the prosecution.
"If there is semen there that matches one or more of the players, I think it's crucial," he said. "It is evidence to show that some kind of orgasm occurred. It gives more credence to the prosecution's theory that something happened. It is a potential link to a crime. It is a big thing.
"The prosecution can say the semen was there because the alleged victim was right. Of course, the defense will probably try to explain it by saying the guys just masturbated."
N.C. Central University law professor Irving Joyner also said Monday the semen evidence should not be automatically discounted.
"It would tend to support the prosecution's case," he said. "Of course, the prosecution will need to establish how the semen got there and its relevance to the young lady. There are still some hurdles, but this will help the prosecutor. The defense will have to go some lengths to explain it."
At the same time, Joyner said the previously unreported evidence "would not be conclusive."
"There are plenty of ways the semen could have wound up there," he said.
Details about the previously unreported DNA matches were included in more than 1,800 pages of documentation Nifong provided to the defense team.
Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann are free under $100,000 bond each as they await a trial that is projected to begin during the first half of next year.
All contend they are innocent. Seligmann's lawyers say he has an airtight alibi: telephone, taxicab and bank ATM records indicating he was otherwise occupied around the time of the alleged rape.
District attorney breaks the silence
The Herald-Sun
Aug 1, 2006
Give District Attorney Mike Nifong credit for acknowledging last week that some of the criticism hurled his way since the Duke lacrosse case hit his desk is "undoubtedly justified." It took a lot of courage for Nifong to make that statement in the wake of continuing condemnation about his handling of the case.
"I both underestimated the level of media attention this case would draw and misjudged the effect that my words would have," Nifong said.
Nifong has been, fairly or not, roundly criticized for his words by some who have accused him of trying to be prosecutor, judge and jury in the early days of the lacrosse case. He initially granted several dozen interviews and told some reporters that he was convinced that a group of Duke lacrosse players raped an exotic dancer during a wild off-campus party in March.
It is important to note that Nifong, although showing a small degree of contrition during his meeting with reporter on Friday, still believes he has a good case.
"I have not backed off from my initial assessment of the case," Nifong said. "Obviously, there were some things we hoped we would have as evidence that we ended up not having."
For Nifong's supporters, his words are sure to give them a boost of confidence. Defense attorneys have been very effective in casting doubt on Nifong's competency and his case.
So it was a good move politically for Nifong to come forward to discuss the peripherals and the politics of the lacrosse case. Conversely, by holding a press conference, Nifong risks giving his critics more ammunition to use against him.
In addition to talking about the merit of the case last week, Nifong also said he believes that the citizens of Durham should be allowed to elect the next district attorney in November. We agree with Nifong that that would be best for everyone concerned.
But unfortunately, having the governor appoint someone to the office looms as a real possibility because two of Nifong's most vocal critics and possible challengers are not out of the picture. County Commissioner Lewis Cheek's name -- thanks to a petition drive that netted 10,000 signatures -- will appear on the ballot, although he says he won't actively campaign. And local Republican Party chairman Steve Monks is weighing a write-in campaign for the district attorney's seat.
Few people could have guessed before March 13, the night the alleged rape took place, that Durham's district attorney's race would offer so much drama and so many challenges.
Nifong's experience hasn't helped Durham
We all have strong opinions about Mike Nifong and fortunately are still free to express them. I do not see where 27 years in any office necessarily means qualification, particularly when it is so political. Nifong was correct in his statement that the governor should not appoint the Durham DA. He is living testimony to that.
He has done nothing for the very citizens he pandered to for votes. He is allowing their young women to be exploited by men dealing in a completely illegal "business." Our police would love to put a stop to that.
Our streets are no safer, our children are no more protected. Many legal pundits feel Nifong's actions warrant some disciplinary action if not his being disbarred. To destroy the lives of three young men and, before this is over, the life of the accuser, for personal political gain, is no way to earn the title of top law enforcement officer.
DORIS ONDEK
Durham
August 1, 2006
If we are allowed to post them in their entirety. Some papers we can only excerpt here.
Lol, we're probably half their circulation now...
I agree that the towel is totally worthless. The DNA of residents of the house should be everywhere.
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