Posted on 09/18/2006 5:19:53 PM PDT by abb
http://www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/20/News/Duke-Forbids.Exotic.Dancers-2286936.shtml?norewrite200609201450&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com
Duke forbids exotic dancers
http://www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/09/20/Columns/Everyones.Affair-2286966.shtml?norewrite200609201451&sourcedomain=www.dukechronicle.com
Everyone's affair
What's up with that???
So they still don't have a problem with what the Duke 3 did regarding hiring strippers?
I had seen a rumor a couple of weeks ago that the DukeLax story for 60 Minutes had been delayed until the 10/1 air date. So I don't know.
That said, I've never had much faith in 60 Minutes. For them to do a show exposing the hoax would require 60 Minutes to go against every PC story they've ever done. I don't see it...
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This looks like Bennett's work to me. Nifong isn't going to be able to prove anything. And I hope the Duke players say they will testify under oath after he does.
Apparently, Nifong believes that only he is entitled to taint the jury pool with his comments exploiting the race, gender, class and residence issues underlying this case.
I am sure that the C-Girls will have plenty of outrage over at CTV.
Maybe they are just going to let Andy Rooney handle it,-
"Did you ever wonder why when rich, white college boys decide to gang rape an African-American female on a dirty bathroom floor, they refuse to leave behind any traces of DNA? Maybe the prejudice at certain white Southern college campuses runs deeper than we ever imagined."
I know a little bit about changes of venue in criminal cases. First, it is painfully obvious that such a change of venue is warranted in this case. In my state, I would say getting the change would be a slam dunk due to the excessive publicity aimed at this case. Second, it is perfectly proper to commissin a scientific study to measure the community's knowledge about the case and the prevailing attitudes. The results could be used in evidence in a change of venue motion. Also, such a survey could be an aid in jury selection if the case is not moved. Finally, it is almost beyond gall for Nifong to accuse anyone else but himself of trying to taint the jury pool.
Agree 100%. Well said.
Didn't think of that. And your right, in any other jurisdiction this case would be granted a change of venue easily.
Ping - y'all ain't gonna believe this one...
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/488622.html
Nifong wants lawyers to testify about role in survey
By Benjamin Niolet, Staff Writer
DURHAM - District Attorney Mike Nifong wants a judge to order the defense lawyers in the Duke University lacrosse case to testify under oath about their role in commissioning a survey that the prosecutor says was designed to influence potential jurors.
On Sept. 11, a surveyor from New York called Nifong's home to conduct "a survey about things that were happening in the Durham community."
"Many of the questions asked, however, actually constituted a thinly-disguised attempt to influence the opinions of the respondents," Nifong wrote in a motion filed this afternoon. If the lawyers were involved in that survey, Nifong wrote, they would be in violation of the State Bar rules.
The surveyor spoke to Nifong's wife, Cy Gurney for an hour, according to an affidavit included with the motion. The first question was something like:
"If the prosecutor in a community took on a sensational case right before a primary/election, do you think such a case would be handled for political gain?" Gurney wrote in a sworn statement.
The interviewer went on to ask questions about what Gurney knew about the case and her opinions on the guilt or innocence of the three lacrosse players charged with raping an escort service dancer who was hired to dance at a March house party.
The surveyor "seemed more interested in telling a story than in getting my answers, as some of the questions were very long and tailored to a specific point of view," Gurney wrote in her sworn statement.
Nifong is asking Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III, who is assigned to the case, to order each of the attorneys in the case to state under oath what part he or she played in the survey. Nifong is also asking the judge to order the surveying to be halted. The case is scheduled for a hearing Friday.
Staff writer Benjamin Niolet can be reached at 956-2404 or bniolet@newsobserver.com.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=4582108
Nifong: Defense Trying to Taint Jury Pool
WTVD Eyewitness News
(09/20/06 -- DURHAM) - Durham's district attorney says defense attorneys in the lacrosse rape investigation are trying to taint the potential jury pool.
Also on abc11tv.com:
Send us news tips | Desktop Alert | ABC11 AccuWeather | Pinpoint Traffic District Attorney Mike Nifong is accusing defense attorneys of an unauthorized survey of potential jurors and is asking a superior court judge to tell them to stop.
Nifong filed a motion Wednesday saying that his wife, Cy Gurney, got a call around 8 p.m. on September 11 from a research company in New York.
She was asked to participate in a survey and wrote down all of the questions from the caller when she realized it related to the Duke lacrosse rape case.
In the hour-long phone call, Gurney says that the caller "was more interested in telling a story" and that the questions "were tailored to a specific point of view." She said some of the questions included "Do you think the lineup was improper?" and "If the victim did not have any DNA evidence of the players, do you think a rape occurred?"
The caller did not say who hired the company to conduct the survey.
In his motion, Nifong wants the defense attorneys to say what part they might have played in the survey. He also wants a judge to stop the surveying.
The defense says that it had the right to conduct the survey and told Nifong about it in August. The survey was aimed at 300 random people.
Defense attorneys say they had the right to conduct the poll because they felt their clients' right to a fair trial was threatened by Nifong's public comments in the days after the alleged rape.
This sums things up quite nicely
http://www.liestoppers.blogspot.com
Probably a "survey" by the Jerky Boys.
Whooo hooo! I managed to get the jump on abb by a whole hour and a half!
: ) :)
I had to go and get new brake pads this afternoon... Dodge trucks eat brake pads...
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