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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The broom may not leave DNA in her (not exactly sure about that one) but she could leave her DNA on the broom.
I am starting to fear for her children. She seems crazy enough not only to harm herself, but to take her children with her. Obviously the father of the kids is not in their lives or he would have stepped in to take care of them, instead of having them move around from place to place every day.
What a complete maroon!
Nifong's comments tonight:
“It's not me that's trying this case in the media,” said Nifong. “The defense is trying this case in the media.”
(snip)
“I underestimated the attention the case would get if I let the news media know (via 70 interviews, d'oh!) why I was going to take the case,” he said.
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LOL!
This is true. But then, how do you identify who was holding the broom? Are there matches there? If so, why not say it? IF there is a broom, who's to say any dna on it is proof undeniable of guilt? Was the broom passed around the room that night? (Mind you, I'm not convinced there even IS a broom.) Was the person who held it up during the dance necessarily involved in the alleged event?
Why was a broom not listed on the search warrant? Do you think these guys would have even had a broom? Especially sitting in the living room while the dancers performed? Aren't swiffers the current cleaning item of choice??
What is that game that is played with a broom? Curling? Any of our tenants curlers? (Sorry, don't know the proper term.)
Oh good grief! Then what was the point of doing DNA tests?
This makes no sense at all...excpt to WM....who has rape fantasies.
Sorry, WM?
Wendy Murphy, a sex crime prosecutor who is always in hysterics on tv, every time a rape case is in the news.
EX: Kobe;Duke.
Aha! Thanks.
Don't you know anything?
Wood Broom
Wisk Broom
Plastic Broom
LOL
Brooms are FIERCE!
That was a lame joke--it's late.
I don't believe there was a broom either (if there was it would have been leaked by now). But there was a white floor cleaning wipe in one of the items seized March 16. But "wipe" doesn't a broom make
You are correct. I recall seeing that in the list of items taken. The "wet paper towel in a plastic bag" was another strange item, I thought.
LOL
I'm zoning out....listening to Chris from AI sing to me...
Oh my...
Maybe the tenants really did try to clean up the place a bit before the par-tay!
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