Posted on 08/29/2006 1:39:25 PM PDT by abb
The Durham cab driver who has surfaced as an alibi witness in the Duke lacrosse rape case today was found not guilty of a 3-year-old shoplifting charge.
Moezeldin Elmostafa is expected to provide an alibi for Reade Seligmann, one of three Duke lacrosse players indicted in the rape case, because he gave Seligmann a ride after the party that led to the rape allegations.
After authorities learned of Elmostafa's potential role in the rape case, they found an unserved warrant naming him in a 2003 shoplifting case at a Hecht’s department store at Northgate Mall in Durham. A security officer for the store testified today in district court that he saw a woman steal handbags from the store and then jump into Elmostafa’s cab, which sped away.
The security officer testified that the cab pulled away even before the woman had closed to the door. A store surveillance tape, played in court, appeared to show that the door closed first.
Defense lawyers in the lacrosse rape case have said that Elmostafa was charged because he is a favorable witness to the defense. Loflin put one of the lacrosse investigators on the witness stand this morning and produced typed notes from the lacrosse case that show District Attorney Mike Nifong wanted to be informed when Elmostafa was arrested.
Assistant District Attorney Ashley Cannon told the judge the shoplifting case has nothing to do with the rape case.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsobserver.com ...
Taking extra Flexiril with several "oil cans" of malt liquor or "Ice beer" can cause some odd side effects, I'm sure.
"shows ...was free" is different than "none were found".
The headline explicitly says that the test PROVES that the FA had no controlled substances in her body.
But - how can they come to that conclusion unless they know what the hair was tested for?
Melanie is pretty slippery about what her headlines say and don't say, but this one is just dead wrong.
Someone in your neighborhood had fresh donuts!
No, I haven't
Mangum is under a probation order requiring her to submit to drug teating.
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You know where I was going with that.
Her boyfriend is Matt Murchison - they lived together for a time. He was determined by the court to be a habitual offender - for driving while under the influence multiple times. He spent time in Prison. He got out under the same drug testing rules and is still her boyfriend when released.
Was the flexeril (or prescription drugs) and alcohol developed in order to beat the drug testing program they participate in?
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He wouldn't.
The Mike Nifong we have come to know and love is NOT interested in anything that might cast doubt on his case. He doesn't want to hear any exculpatory evidence, he will lie cheat and steal in order to make this mess stick.
So you are Mike Nifong, and you are telling the lab what to test for.
Nifong: "I want you to test for date rape drugs."
Lab: "OK, date rape drugs. Rohypnol or GHB. Do you want us to do a full spectrum? Heroin, cocaine, marijuana?"
"No. Just date rape drugs."
"We can test for pot, it is easy, and doesn't cost any more if we are doing testing anyway... "
"No. I am telling you NOT to test for anything other than date rape drugs. I am giving you specific instructions on what I want it tested for."
"OK. You're the boss."
What reason could Nifong have to test her for prescription drugs?
He wouldn't.
The Mike Nifong we have come to know and love is NOT interested in anything that might cast doubt on his case. He doesn't want to hear any exculpatory evidence, he will lie cheat and steal in order to make this mess stick.
So you are Mike Nifong, and you are telling the lab what to test for.
Nifong: "I want you to test for date rape drugs."
Lab: "OK, date rape drugs. Rohypnol or GHB. Do you want us to do a full spectrum? Heroin, cocaine, marijuana?"
"No. Just date rape drugs."
"We can test for pot, it is easy, and doesn't cost any more if we are doing testing anyway... "
"No. I am telling you NOT to test for anything other than date rape drugs. I am giving you specific instructions on what I want it tested for."
"OK. You're the boss."
I mean really, you know this guy - what do you think it was about? Neff's aricle doesn't say anything against that.
So how did our mysterious headline writer come to the conclusion that the tests showed "accuser was free of controlled substances"?
It did no such thing.
I don't think it is a controlled substance.
It is apparently not even illegal to have it without a prescription.
I can't find it on the list of controlled substances.
Oh, man. That's scary.
What do you think? Smith? Bryn Mawr?
Looks like a strong sentiment.
Too bad they can't vote on their president. Belief of it oppresses me, you know?
mark
For What It's Worth
(snip)
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down.
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Little did Stephen Stills know how right his song would be all these years later. (p.s. this song was NOT about Vietnam)
Flexeril is not a controlled substance, but it does require a prescription.
That song along with "Signs", "Summertime Blues" and a couple others always flash me back to how much of a US v. THEM (the man) mentality there was during that time.
It's very painful to see those times returning.... Maybe they never really left...
Yes, but has anyone seen the toxicology report. Without it aren't we speculating.
Check the online pharmacies. See if you can buy it over the internet with a short questionaire. The online pharmacies have a doctor that reviews the questionaire and signs off on it.
Teen tapes confession to killing
Alvaro Castillo apologizes, says movie violence,
school massacres and abuse at home shaped him
HILLSBOROUGH - On a homemade video, Alvaro Castillo confesses
to shooting his father four times, then walks into a room and records
the sheet-draped corpse.
"Look at me. I'm not even crying. I just killed him, and I feel fine," the
Hillsborough teenager says into the camera.
http://www.newsobserver.com/141/story/481345.html
* Well at least Durham is not the source of all the problems around here.
I don't know that it's really such a bad thing. Part of our culture of being Americans is suspicion of "The Man." King George was our forefather's version of him. I think Americans have a very deep inbred view of justice and freedom. It's who we are...
Agnes Scott? (God how we made fun of them in high school)
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