Posted on 10/07/2006 3:47:57 AM PDT by abb
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liduke084924356oct08,0,1713360,print.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
A new day for Duke lacrosse
As season begins, team rallies behind 3 accused of rape, vows to control behavior; critics say nothing's changed
BY JOSEPH MALLIA
Newsday Staff Writer
http://www.webcommentary.com/asp/ShowArticle.asp?id=gaynorm&date=061009
Foley Scandal Implications for Duke Case
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/061008
AP writer still not admitting Duke case is bogus
http://www.newsobserver.com/580/story/496014.html
Nifong's faults
The 60 Minutes segment coming up must be pretty explosive. The reason this is so is we have had revelations in the last few days regarding the line ups, the FA history of flipping out in public when drinking, the FA continuing to accuse Kim Roberts stealing/participating in the rape long after March 13/14 (which is the tidbit the N&O refused to publish), and the New York Times story that are just more nails in the coffin for Nifong. There will be more, but there is no reason for this information to come out now. We are in a lull in hearings and motions, and these leaks have all the hallmarks of CYA so that when 60 minutes broadcasts some folks who screwed the pooch back since March can have cover stories. Just a theory but there is a reason all these leaks are suddenly occuring.
Link to new and very important thread...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1716317/posts?page=1
Her recollections and identifications are clearly confused - they're 100% wrong. This is probably because she was completely wasted that night and can't remember much of anything.
I'm not sure she knows what she doing either. If she did she would have done a much better job at the lineups. Maybe she thought she would seem more credible if she could provide alot of detail but all of her detail is wrong. The lineups are not only proceduraly flawed but her IDs are a shambles. She torpedoed her credibility which was already in shreds thanks to her 101 stories.
Basically I think she is allowing Nifong to use her but she really isn't doing him any favors. Everything she has said is a big mess.
"Everything she has said is a big mess."
A Crystal Mess.
I certainly blame Nifong more than Mangum for this mess. My view is that:
1. In her early ID attempts and statements she was trying to create enough confusion among the police to make this mess go away.
2. In her later IDs, her view was, they want 3, and I will give them three. She knows she was not raped and thus it was a matter of picking three not cofusion. The one point of confusion I give you she failed to remember not to ID one of the guys they told her not to ID.
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Durham police showed the accuser only photos of Duke lacrosse players, with no fillers. The District Attorney's Office and police had declared all 46 players suspects."
That alone should get the lineup thrown out.
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