Posted on 10/11/2006 1:52:56 AM PDT by abb
He said ( I hope I have it straight) if a prosecutor has someone who says she was raped and he believes her , he should take it to trial. Everyone was pretty shocked that Greta and Hammer said to drop and the other two said to go to trial.
Does she even report on it anymore? Did she tonight?
As far as I can tell, she does not even report on the Duke case for quite a long time. However, I usually watch only a segment of her show. When she used to cover it, it was so biased I would change channels.
Oh, she was awful. If she had any shame at all, she's cop to how disgraceful she acted - no pun intended!
One of the many things that bothers me is that Ted Williams today on Greta and others keep saying let it go trial. And Bernie's point was that the accuser said it happened therefore it has to go to trial. If the guys are innocent (I have yet to see evidence that even a rape occurred), the mental stress and financial burden it creates for the families is horrific.
I was surprised too. All it takes is an accuser? That's scary.
The worse the case has become for Mangum and Nifong, the more fascist CTV boards became. They, meaning the management, have an agenda, and it doesn't involve the truth. CTV is part of the smear machine. My suggestion is to not watch their TV channel or frequent their site.
I'm stunned that Bernie Grimm said it should go to trial. He had been very strong for the defense side. Wow.
The standard for prosecuting a case is whether the prosecutor has a good faith belief that the case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. I don't see how Nifong could possibly believe he could prove his case unless he totally has his head in the sand.
It's more likely that he is going forward for political reasons and because he is stubborn and his ego is too big to admit he was wrong.
And yes, it's extremely unfair to the three players and their families. There's no way this case should be going forward and they shouldn't have to go through any of this for one more minute.
They don't pay for interviews but often pay expenses, which may include first class air travel, first class hotel for a few days, travel to hotel, studio, meals by limo, etc. In other words a few days of living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. It can amount to quite a heady experience.
In Nifongland, apparently all you need is an accuser but everywhere else you are supposed to have an accuser with a credible accusation. If the allegation isn't credible you don't even have probable cause. I don't think Crystal and her 101 stories could survive a probable cause hearing.
Yeah I wonder if Bernie drew a shot straw? Ted of course was quite willing to say it should go to trial. Maybe they did not want it to continue to be 3 against 1 and white against black on their panel and drew straws to see who had to side with Ted and Bernie lost?
Either that of Bernie was goofing on us?
I haven't been on FR for awhile, so I might have missed this, but O'Reilly made a comment that one of the accused (I am assuming Evans) has already lost his job with a New York Company because of this case...Is this true?
Leni
I think it is him....he's the only one that graduated, right?
Horrible, isn't it?
Did you hear Meagan Kendall tonight on O'Reilly? She said she hadn't heard one attorney, prosecution or defense, say that they thought Nifong has a case -- even the ones who come on TV taking Nifong's side.
Thanks for the info.
This is a super kid, you can believe that.
This is exactly why there should be some major fall out for Nifong, LE and the AV. Like Selligman is quoted as saying about just pointing a finger and ruining someone. A DA shouldn't be able to do that. The whole thing just sickens me, and I grew up around judges, DA's, LE, I can't imagine that any of them would be a part of this. Other DA's should be speaking out very loudly against this.
I had stopped going there, because of the dumba**es. I haven't watched ctv in a long time. I agree with the agenda! I can't take their spin.
oh well, they will keep their sheeple in line, and they all deserve each other...LOL
I just looked it up: http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-asec509.html
Filing a false police report in the state of Maine is a class D crime which carries a sentence of less than one year, which equates to a misdemeanor in states using that terminology (ME doesn't use the terms "misdemeanor" and "felony"). Perjury in court or signing governmental documents under penalty of perjury is a felony.
I just read of a Portsmouth woman who was arrested and charged with filing a false report of rape a few months ago. It is a a misdemeanor charge: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/07122006/nhnews-ph-p-fake.rape.html
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