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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I didn't care for Abrams until now....
And he's on.
Abrams is on too..
F***!
OMG!
That's some crime: Misuse of the Duke meal card!
Post the update on Abrams for those stuck in the office.
pleeeeaaase!
Oh what an awful combination. I can just hear it all now. Don't know which one will beat the other with the in the know stuff. That should be a real barfer!
Yale Galenter: These are the desperate acts of a prosecutor who sees his case going down the toilet.
I thought they found multiple DNA under her nails...it just didn't match the players. It might have been on the thread from last night.
Nancy Grace is just a former prosecutor who has decided while one that prosecurtors were supreme beings and were infalible. That of course makes one into a fascist.
It is not all that surprising in a way. Anyone who has been a victim of a crime terrrible tends to see more rumor for collective, ie state action. Just as anyone who has been victim of a DA become more libertarian.
Yale Galenter: These are the desperate acts of a prosecutor who sees his case going down the toilet.
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Gotta agree with Yale!
DA re-instating charges on 15LAX....Yale...desparate act by a desparate DA....some of the offenses...public urination, under age drinking and misuse of the Duke meal card...
Thanks - can't listen at work. Not sure I'd want to. Throwing up in the workplace tends to limit one's career.
Hannity on attack. Made Geraldo and Guilfoyle admit that motion yesterday was fair. Wants tox report...
Colon to face trial in DC on July 10th...
misuse of the Duke meal card...
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Thugs!
Questioning how does DA know when and where alleged drug was ingested..
I'm trying to listen to both and I'm missing everything...
Hannity questioning Kim's credibility. Geraldo talking about misdemenor reinstatment. Guilfoyle says DA may be guilty of vindictive charges... Oh my...actually questioned DA strategy..
"Follow the DNA."
if the meaning of this is the DNA found under Mangums discarded fingernails, I agree.
It is very possibly a mixture of Mangums tricks from earlier that nite.....or even that it is a combo of Kim and HER tricks from earlier in the evening, transferred to Mangums fingers while she and Kim were rolling around on the floor as part of their performance for the guys.....
Whorealdo and Guilfoyle saying boys should come clean and talk to everyone about everything. Yeah right...
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