Posted on 04/18/2006 3:26:57 AM PDT by Mad-Margaret
So you're calling Yankees ignorant?
Mangum claims that 3 of the players brutally beat, strangled and raped her vaginally, anally, and orally for 30 minutes. To think that that much intimate physical contact could have occurred with NO transfer of DNA material is fantasy.
the fact that a grand jury found reason to believe a crime had been committed suggests that these allegations have at least some credibility.
The grand jury returned 81 indictments plus the 2 sealed ones against the players. They met for 2 hours. Thats less than 90 seconds per indictment. How much time do you think they spent "evaluating" the evidence or lack thereof? They rubber stamped them for the DA.
Populations are increasing in the South and mid Atlantic states ....due in large part to Northern immigrants who say they find the weather and the people more hospitable.
Or any other school for that matter. Just about every university recruits athletes for specific sports and those kids are offered scholarships to attend if they have superior athletic talent.
Don't let the facts get in the way of your bias against everyone more successful than you.
"Stating the obvious. But complaining about freepers gossiping. But not skipping the thread which is odd since it annoys you so much."
Well really...it's gone beyond that now.
Because I've pointed out that the public does not know as much as the investigators I have been labelled a troll, a liar, a racist,illogical, emotional, and a disgrace.
And let's face it -- some of the posters on this thread are trolling and/or posting misinformation.
"So you're calling Yankees ignorant?"
Nope.
You're joking, right?
It doesn't make any difference to me what their color was and that's the first anyone indicated that one was white.
The witness who came forward was described as black and so was the victim.
So how many party girls did these little creeps invite to their orgy anyway????
Clearly trying to do an endrun around the attorneys for the boys is an act of desperation, proving the DA is desperate for something, anything, to hang on these boys.
Regarding whether the stripper is a prostitute, we don't know that but we do know, from her own words in an interview, that she performed one-on-ones about 3 times a week.
As to the lack of DNA, the stripper claims she fought off three men for 30 minutes. Surely there would be their DNA under her fingernails. At the least. There was no DNA associated with the players and the stripper, according to the DA's own admission.
Not when they only heard one side of the case.
14th.
You think wrong. One-third of Duke students get need-based aid. In addition there are merit scholarships.
I am surprised by the number of people on FR who dislike anyone who they think has more money than they do.
I taught several students who went to Duke from non-magnet public high schools. A few were moderately well off. Most were very middle class students who earned nonathletic scholarships. What they had in common was their outstanding academic achievement in high school.
Let's not feed the troll and disruptor.
I think the lacrosse scholarship total is now 13 ships, which can be split between team members. There are likely a couple of players who received full rides but most receive partial athletic scholarships, along with any other financial aid they can muster. Many of these kids will leave school with significant debt.
Duke Rape Indictment documents:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0418061duke1.html
The most you post, the more you show you don't know what you're talking about.
Duke has blind admission.
That is a web definition- what matters is the definition in NC. In NC, rape must include vaginal intercourse. Other forms of sexual assault (Oral, anal, or penetration with an object) fall under the sexual offense statute. The suspects were charged with both first degree rape and sexual offense.
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