[Paladin2]

Handcuffed? Looks like an unnessary prep walk orchestrated by the prosecutor's re-election hopes.

[Froufrou]

So, if there's no genetic material on or in the woman, on what grounds can they even take these two men into custody? It's like lack of evidence means nothing anymore.

[Toby06]

ping

[dakine]

Oops...

[Raycpa]

Is there a broad definition of rape that does not include any skin to skin contact?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"I no longer get to go anywhere in my community without people knowing who I am," said Nifong, who faces two challengers in a primary election May 2.

Was Nifong actually pretending to complain about this?

He should be prosecuted for his handling of this, regardless of whether any of the allegations are proven to be true.

[Alia]

Mark.

[gondramB]

>>The accuser did not appear to be on drugs or to have been drinking when she arrived, the second dancer said. She was "absolutely fine and in control of herself."

When the accuser left, less than an hour after she arrived, she was incoherent and stumbling, the second dancer said. >>


Interesting. It would also be interesting to see the tox screen. If (hypothetically) there was GHB or Rohypnol etc in her system that could had led to suspicion.

[Jezebelle]

They're showing the perp walk - of sorts - now. Nothing real dramatic. Fox has annoounced their names, and one of them is also up on assault charges in Washington, D.C..

Neither reside at the Buchanan property, so that puts Wendy Murphy's theory to rest. Thank heaven for small blessings.

[FreedomPoster]

Two Lacrosse Players Surrender To Durham Authorities
http://www.wral.com/news/8790097/detail.html

Pretty much the same story as this, at WRAL.

[MarkL]

"I no longer get to go anywhere in my community without people knowing who I am," said Nifong, who faces two challengers in a primary election May 2.

Gee, I guess maybe he shouldn't be running for public office then, huh?

Anybody else here thing that the whole "perp walk" thing was for political reasons? Especially after the defense lawyers offered to have whoever was indicted turn themselves in?

The more I see of this, the more I'm thinking that this woman WAS sexually assualted, but not necessarily by the LAX players at the "party," and someone's got to pay, so it may as well be someone from the LAX team.

Mark

[listenhillary]

Reporters tracked the district attorney's movements in minute detail. Just after noon, Nifong emerged from his office and walked across the hallway to the bathroom.

Reporters surrounded the bathroom door in a crowd that included five television cameras, three still photographers, sound men with boom microphones and at least a dozen print reporters. At the sound of flushing, the group tensed, raised cameras and prepared. Nifong did not emerge with news.

----- But I DID just save lots of money on my car insurance!

[6SJ7]

And in other news. This just in. Cynthia McKinney has not yet been charged with assault of a police officer.

[The Duke]

How do you say..."Let the whoremonger beware!"...in Latin?

[sirchtruth]

If they have NO evidence other than heresay, and these boys are found innocent, I would bring down the hammer not only on the "exotic dancer" who made the charge, but especially the prosecutor.

What I don't understand is how DNA can be "selectively" used to either indict or set free?

I asked a criminal defence attorney on a murder case here in Vermont, why a woman who alledgedly murdered her husband, after accused of the crime NEVER proclaimed her innocence or never once said she wasn't guilty of the crime. The attorney told me if she wasn't guilty of the crime why would she acknowledge it? I said that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, she was being accused, if she wasn't guilty why doesn't she just say so to answer her accuser? All the defence attorney's did the whole trial was accuse the police and investigators of mismanaging the crime seen and evidence.

The woman never once said she wasn't guilty of the crime she was being accused of committing (except at arraignment, which her lawyer answered) and a jury found her guilty on ALL counts.

[Brytani]

The DA didn't have to present anything to the GJ to show innocence, only probably cause for guilt.

Now the flood gates are open wide, the DA must share everything with the defense, by the time this trial is over, the DA's rear end should be 20lbs lighter.

AS a side note, I hope the defense has made arrangements for these two to get bonded out immediately. With this type of high racial motivated case, they won't last a day in lockup.

[rogue yam]

The second woman said she was the person who called 911 as the party was breaking up, to complain that some lacrosse players had used racial slurs. "The boys hollered the 'N' word," she said. "I was upset and called 911."

I've got a problem here. I'm not the biggest expert on this case, but I clearly remember that when the story first broke nationally the 911 call by the "passerby" was presented as powerful corroberating evidence for the stripper's claims. It was weird that the "passerby" had never been found, but that wasn't discussed much. Now this article is the first I've seen that states what I've assumed all along, that the 911 caller was the other stripper. But there is no mention of the previous treatment of the 911 call. Ignored is the fact that what once seemed evidence of lacrosse player racism now looks much more like stripper subterfuge. And one must wonder how long the police have known that it was this woman who made the call. Why didn't we all hear this weeeks and weeks ago?

Have others seen this point addressed directly?

[abb]

A High-Tech Lynching underway as we speak. And we can watch it all on TV.

[AmericaUnited]

"I no longer get to go anywhere in my community without people knowing who I am," said Nifong, who faces two challengers in a primary election May 2.

"And to think this would have cost me a cool $500,000 of precious campaign funds before I pursued BOGUS charges."

[AppyPappy]

they face it with the love of family and friends and strengthened by the truth.

And their lawyers.