Posted on 04/25/2006 2:34:48 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM - District Attorney Mike Nifong plans to reinstate misdemeanor charges against a half-dozen Duke lacrosse players, saying a March 13 party where a woman reported a rape broke the deals that the players made with prosecutors.
Nifong's decision could affect players who, before the party, had entered agreements in which prosecutors would dismiss the cases if the players performed community service and stayed out of trouble for six months or a year. Among the first to have his charges reinstated was David Evans, one of the team captains who lived at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., the site of the party in which lacrosse players hired two women from escort services to dance. One of the women told police that she was raped by three men in a bathroom.
Two players, Collin Finnerty, 19, and Reade William Seligmann, 20, were charged last week with first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and first-degree kidnapping. Their attorneys say the men are innocent.
On Monday, an attorney for Seligmann filed a motion seeking information that would help attack the credibility of the woman, the only person, according to the defense filing, who says a rape occurred. The motion seeks information about the woman, including criminal charges, mental and emotional problems the woman has suffered as well as social services, probation, child protective services and victim's advocacy records.
Today, Finnerty is due in a Washington court where prosecutors in an assault charge are considering whether to revoke a deferred prosecution agreement similar to those affecting other players in Durham.
According to court records, 16 players were charged in the past three years with misdemeanor charges in Durham including noise violations, public urination and alcohol violations. The deals placed the men on probation for either six months or a year.
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If the kids are drinking it and get caught, you might have a problem.
Strippers everywhere will be out of work. Who would have a bachelor party anymore?
No, will never happen.
Go into any high school that has lost students from an automobile accident because of high speed, drinking, any reason.
Their behavior changes for the short term, but it does not change for the long term. They operate under the "it can't happen to me" mentality.
Oops ...make that their Mar. 16 statements.
LOL! Hey, that's better than many married men. I know a lot of them who haven't received the benefits.
My post was mainly to vent! I can't believe what is being allowed to happen.
Not only are these young kids getting hurt but Duke is and the entire city of Durham. And I'm not sure the AV is going to do well when the dust finally settles. She sounds very fragile to me.
You better believe it! Duke will survive, but it's done as an elite university. GASP! Sorry if I offended anyone with the world "elite."
Every professor at Duke is glad he/she is not like those schmuck profs over at NC State and, god forbid, North Carolina Central. They're proud to be on the faculty at an elite university, while, at the same time, condemning the elitism at Duke. What hypocrisy!
Well, thanks to Nifong and the screaming meanies in the Afro-American Studies, Women's Studies, Peace Studies, etc, all professors at Duke will no longer suffer a bad conscience about working for an elite university.
Oh yeah, it will also be interesting to see if Duke will remain a basketball power or if they'll suck at basketbal like they do all other sports.
And to think Nifong's parents taught at Duke. Shame.
I choose to not address that issue. : )
Me neither! ;-)
I ought to hang out on the Essence board. That's one of the most intelligent comments posts I've read anywhere -- including FR.
Finnerty may not be present where alcohol is either sold or consumed:
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/432546.html
Duke's first national championship in any sport was soccer not basketball and they continue that success under John Rennie
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22447&SPID=1833&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=158386&Q_SEASON=2005
As a wife of 30 years, I can recognize 2 men who have learned when to keep their mouths shut!
The soccer team lacks swagger though. :)
Seriously? A white man?
And less class.
Dear lord, just what we need -- a legal pimp.
What is the reaction in Durham to Nifong's latest harassment of these boys? Are you hearing or reading anything....since you are on the ground down there.
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