Posted on 09/01/2006 10:19:41 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
http://wilmingtonjournal.blackpressusa.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=72340&sID=4
ETHICAL QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT DUKE CASE PROSECUTION, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7-13, 2006
by CASH MICHAELS
The Wilmington Journal
Originally posted 9/7/2006
Digestive Intolerance Alert...
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A36318
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/hsletters/
They didn't do it
Allow me to answer the question posed by Jimmy D. Haynes in his letter of Sept. 2: At the risk of belaboring the obvious, I can assure Haynes that I, or anyone else, would be quite disturbed if a family member or friend were "beaten, gang raped and sodomized."
That is why a no-nonsense, justice-driven and ethical district attorney would be needed to go after the real perpetrator. True victims of a horrific crime should want true justice. However, in the Duke lacrosse case the only provable rape that has taken place is the one perpetrated by an unethical district attorney on three Duke athletes.
We will be expecting the same zeal from the district attorney's office when this episode is shown for the hoax that it is. True justice should be waiting for one who would fake such a scenario, tearing apart lives and an entire community.
Haynes and others may wallow in melodramatic what-ifs all day long, but the reality is this: If a "beating, gang rape and sodomy" took place that infamous night, the lacrosse players possess a fantastic ability to be in several different locations at once and most certainly showed up at the party wearing rubber suits.
DEBRAH CORRELL
Chapel Hill
September 7, 2006
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Excuse me? Don't you dare judge me. Thanks
Guess you missed my post
I am not taking sides in the Duke/Durham debate--just noting the friction is obviously there, and I'm beginning to understand how this case got through a Grand Jury with so little evidence. Folks in Durham would hang a Duke kid for jaywalking
Thank you for your informative post. It explains a lot. Not being from the area, I had no idea how bad the town/gown issues were. Apparently, as you've noted, they aren't new.
That friction has been there forever. What's new is Nifong.
I agree. Nifong counted on it and successfully used it to win the nomination. Let's see what happens in November!
We should never underestimate the lengths that someone with a chip on their shoulder will go in order to fulfill their desire for revenge. If Gottlieb really has a thing about Duke, then he will act to sate his need for revenge and will be able to justify all his actions in his own mind. This is why cops/DAs with causes are bad news.
Sorry. I wimped out early last night. Thanks for the link to the Insulter. I love Shakespeare! Absolute Master of the English Language!! Got my wristbands weeks ago - great way to keep The Three in my thoughts all the time.
We think alike. I found the imdb site, too, after your mention of the show. Too bad you can't buy the dvd :( As for the upcoming (?) Sarandon pic - I might use my free Blockbuster coupon to rent it if available.....
Perhaps Cash is beginning to understand that Nifong used the AA community for votes.
Come November Durhamites can still oust the fool.
I'd like to see Cash report more on Gottlieb. Something tells me there's more in his background, just a hunch.
Both could be going down.
Thanks for posting that link. All I got on the Wilmington Journal website was the old issue. Apparently Cash Michaels has admitted that the bloggers are doing a better job than the press. ;-)
"60 Minutes" may need more time
Michael Gaynor, September 7, 2006 -excerpts-
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/060907
'It will be a test for CBS and "60 Minutes," which have a liberal bias and would be more comfortable exposing Republican villains. But Durham County, North Carolina is a Democrat bastion and the North Carolina Governor (Michael Easley) and Attorney General (Roy Cooper), both Democrats, have not acted to stop a gross injustice that has become progressively more obvious. [Governor Easley appointed the man most responsible for the persecution (yes, persecution, not prosecution) of the Duke Three, Durham County, North Carolina District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, and it's a safe bet the Governor won't be boasting about his judgment in that regard if and when he runs for re-election or the United States Senate.] -jump-
The next court conference (untelevised) is scheduled for September 22, two days before the "60 Minutes' season opener.
Do you think that's a coincidence?
AFTER the "60 Minutes" season opener, justice should swiftly triumph. The Duke case should be dismissed. Democrat Lewis Cheek, the District attorney candidate who will not campaign or serve, but remains on the ballot, should win as ANYONE BUT NIFONG. Steve Monks, the Republican candidate who failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot, should cease his write-in campaign, since Mr. Nifong would be the beneficiary of it and the anti-Nifong vote should not be split. Governor Easley will be hard pressed NOT to appoint a much better person to succeed Mr. Nifong as Durham County's District Attorney, but the politics-as-usual temptation will have to be overcome if Durham County is to be a jewel in the criminal justice system instead of a national joke."
He must be reading the blogs ... or something ...
;)
Something... ;-)
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