Posted on 04/27/2006 4:27:11 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
There has to be caselaw on the inclusion and exclusion of prior false accusations -- it is hard for me to believe that prior false accusations are somehow excluded. The prosecutor would be free to raise a prior rape case to support the credibility of the VA, would he not?
"The fact that it took her three years to come forward after the 1993 alleged attack may be inconsequential. North Carolina has no statute of limitations on felonies. A rape can still be filed and prosecuted, WHETHER IT BE THREE YEARS OR THIRTY YEARS after the incident."
That fact, if true, should strike terror into the hearts of men everywhere.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1900472&page=3
Here are copies of the report. The Creedmoor Police are making a report available. I don't know if it's more information or what has been given the AP ...
http://www.wral.com/download/2006/0428/9057546.pdf
http://www.wral.com/download/2006/0428/9057549.pdf
I've looked at them. ;)
I was just wondering whether those of us who can't get WRAL missed something after Fox cut away.
Didn't Howlin once post that she heard a caller on a Durham radio show saying that Crystal had made a similar claim of rape?
She was engaged to McNeill when she filed the report in 1996.
I've seen it and it's not clear, but you could make a case that the wrist watch shows 12:00..
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Where did you see it?
I do not think that particular photo was release to the media.
How does a police chief of a city of 2000 not remember the case? Even if he wasn't the investigating officer, he was the chief at the time. I wonder how many officers Creedmore had at the time?
How many rape charges have been filed in Creedmore in the past 50 years? Someone remembers something..the town is so small.
The video of today's press conference is at wral.com.
I saw part of it on WRAL after FNC cut away, then lost the live feed again.
They don't have any more information. The investigator, who's now with another agency, only has a vague recollection of the case. The police chief was unaware of it and the case didn't go to the DA.
There's no chronological report from the AV on file. It's not known if one was completed.
"1st husband"
?? How many more does she have? (just kidding)
Sorry for my terrible syntax in #729...it's early.
It sounds like the case wasn't presented to the police chief.
My proventialism is showing......father of her children was NOT a husband. lol
Do you think McNeill could be the current bf of the AV?
provincialism....that is.
I think you are right. Could she be an informant? Why did the DA immediately jump to her defense? Is it as simple as an election? a grudge against Duke? or something else.
Poet Chris Vitiello should try reading the news ...
http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-729212.html
Meanwhile, a benefit organized to raise money for the alleged victim at Joe and Jo's Downtown drew only a handful of supporters Thursday night. Organizer Chris Vitiello said he wondered if interest in the case had waned.
"The story has had so many twists and turns," he said, "It's seemed lately that [the story] is about the DA's election and that seems to leave a sour taste in some people's mouths."
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People are trying hard to keep a united front, but it appears Mangum is even losing support in the black community of Durham.
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