[Locomotive Breath]

Well, as others have said, I think 60 Minutes did the right thing by keep the focus on whether a crime was committed.

Mangum's prior behavior, Kim's prior behavior, and the lax team's prior behavior is completely irrelevant. All that matters is what those people did on that night (and in Mangum's case, in the time since). Anyone who wants to make it more than that is promoting using this to promote their own agenda.

[Locomotive Breath]

"is promoting using this to promote their own agenda"

should be

"is using this to promote their own agenda"

[Neverforget01]

I agree with you 100%. For an oral, viginal and anal rape to have been committed there must be some physical evidence and the accuser's story should be consistent and her identifications irrefutable. Anything else leads to reasonable doubts and acquittals. The fact that Nifong brought this case without evidence of rape is beyond my comprehension.

I honestly believe he mislead the Grand Jury with a hyped up medical report knowing how sexually active CGM was. If he didn't know, he should have investigated before going to the Grand Jury...What DA presents a rape case without knowing where else and with whom else the accuser was on the night in question?

/rant

[JLS]

Exactly! CBS focused on THE isssue. Whether or not a crime was committed. Really whether or not there was any evidence that a crime was committed and if so did these defendants commit said crime.

It seems they concluded the answer was there is not enough evidence to even conclude a crime was committed, so they focused more on that but the player interviews did focus on the fact that had a crime been commited Finnerty and Seligmann could not have committed it.

Cash Michaels on the other hand is like the N&O and the Herald to afraid of local opinion to follow the evidence. Too bad Michaels does not have the stones of Ed Bradley or Jason Whitlock, but then that is probably why he is a local columnist in a racial oriented publication and Bradley and Whitlock are in broader markets. Often times not having the stones to face reality keep one from the big time.

[VRWCtaz]

"Mangum's prior behavior, Kim's prior behavior, and the lax team's prior behavior is completely irrelevant. All that matters is what those people did on that night (and in Mangum's case, in the time since). Anyone who wants to make it more than that is promoting using this to promote their own agenda."

This can't be stressed enough IMO.