Posted on 04/11/2006 9:01:01 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin
You can time the DA's career with an egg timer if he presses charges.
I'd like to know where he got that number.
80 to 90 percent of statistics are made up.
Sounds like racial profiling to me. Why not test the blacks, hispanics and asians. The white guys are going to feel targeted, and hurting their feelings is the worse possible crime.
If the DNA collected from the woman doesn't match that of those who might be charged then the DA should have his head examined.
District Attorney Mike Nifong said at a community forum. "My presence here means that this case is not going away."
Your continued employment is a pretty weak foundation on which to justify the continuation of an investigation.
If you have some concrete reasons to continue, perhaps you should cite those.
Lies, darned lies and statistics :) Well, I'm really wondering where that one came from.
That's true. But if the victim describes an event where there would have been DNA evidence, then one should expect it to be present.
It's one thing to try a case in the media once you've filed charges, but to do so while an 'investigation' is still underway strikes me as beyond the prosecutorial pale. I'm guessing that this guy is up for re-election, or is thinking about running for a higher office.
The explanation is that the alleged victim said all of her attackers were White.
"You can time the DA's career with an egg timer if he presses charges."
You are from the area, huh? It's been said that his constituency is largely black and he is continuing with the investigation to pander to black voters to boost re-election bid?
Any truth to that, you think, or is he just killing his career for the hell of it?
Cases huh? I'd be more impressed had he said "convictions".
Is that for the state of NC? Nationally? And is the DA talking just about the DNA found in sperm? Or does his stat include DNA from other sources, say skin found under a victim's fingernails? If no DNA from any source was found anywhere in or on her person, after a violent and brutal attack like the one she's alleging, I just think that would be highly unusual.
OK,that's fine.But in cases where there *is* DNA evidence,one would think that that DNA would match that of at least one of the accused.
Did they find ANY DNA on her that was not her own?
It seemed quite reckless to take a DNA sample of almost all of the players on the team (excluing the black man).
Will their samples be retained in the police database for all future possible crimes?
Isn't this putting the cart before the horse demanding that the team prove their innocence rather than the DA making a case against some particular players?
Who has been identified in a lineup?
This is prosecution gone wild. And while you may not be an athlete at Duke, it sets bad precedence for having to obtain legal defense for a crime you have not even been charged with.
I am from Wake County but I know Durham County very well (it's the county next door). This is pandering to his "base" but even parts of his base will peel off he he does this.
You should see Durham County politics - it is, um, interesting. Want to have some fun? Go to a Durham County Board of Education meeting. Any meeting. Don't forget the popcorn!
The defense is saying that absolutely nothing, not DNA, not lube (from condoms), not fiber, -- nothing was found on her that can be attributed to any player. Unless the DA is witholding something, he has no forensic evidence backing his case. If he isn't, and is still going forward, more than his head should be examined, his motives should be as well.
Last night I was watching MSNBC, and on Rita's show, some woman claimed that the DNA evidence found on the bathroom towels was semen. She had no proof to back up her claim. In her mind, DNA=Semen.
It didn't occur to her that the DNA evidence, which belonged to the two guys who lived at the house, may have come from their hands after they washed and dried them on the towels.
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