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Duke Rape Case Defense: Throw Out DA Nifong and Photo ID
ABC ^ | May 1, 2006 | CHRIS CUOMO, ERIC AVRAM, and LARA SETRAKIAN

Posted on 05/01/2006 7:51:52 AM PDT by don'tbedenied

Accused Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann's attorneys want Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong thrown off the case.

Today, they filed a legal motion specifically asking for it.

"DA Mike Nifong neglected his duty as a prosecutor to seek the truth and a fair prosecution," the defense's motion reads.

The motions were filed just 24 hours before Nifong's Tuesday election in which he's fighting to keep his seat. Nifong is being challenged by former prosecutor Freda Black and private lawyer Keith Bishop


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: bursonmarsteller; duke; dukelax; durham; ericcharlesknapp; falseallegations; lacrosse; nifong; rape; rapeshieldlaws; sacramento
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To: snarkytart

Reade made eight calls between 12:04 and 12:19 not 14/15.
that would include calling the cab and his girlfriend.

Why is this suspicious??

Do we even know if his girlfriend answered?
Could be the reason for the several calls...he was redialing.
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It would be best for him if she answered one or more times. She could then testify he was the one using his cell phone and whether any sounds like someone was being raped at the time could be heard.

Also her having answered does away with the pundant or some speculation that the phone in his pocket could have authodialed the same number 6 times while he was raping someone?


541 posted on 05/02/2006 12:47:26 PM PDT by JLS
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To: Locomotive Breath

"Apparently she was in front of the house or at least within shouting distance. After the call didn't she shout at the players that she'd called the cops.
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Someone had suggested that the call was made after they (Kim & AV) left the house. I just took that hypothesis, and wondered how to prove or disprove it. Sorry if I wasn't clear.


542 posted on 05/02/2006 12:47:49 PM PDT by Dukie07
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To: Publius22

Nifong is the real mystery in this mess.

The strippers are trash, plain and simple. That night was the perfect storm which brought all of their lives together.

Knowing what we know (or think we know, LOL!) it is a slam dunk for the defense. That is why Nifong is the mystery. He must have run her name through the databases and surely he knew about the 1998 false accusation against her husband.

I wonder if he would have handled her 2002 conviction in traffic court if it was pled down? Is he corrupt or just ruthless?

"They don't want to mess with me" Does he have some old scores to settle?


543 posted on 05/02/2006 12:48:22 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Nifong is the real mystery in this mess.
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Not at all. Nifong is the easiest one to figure. It all was about TODAY, ELECTION DAY. Nothing else mattered to him.

Once the Duke feminazis started stirring up things, he was between a rock and a hard spot. He is a white Liberal male with no claim to the African-American nor female vote. This case presented him with a high profile opportunity to present his "bone fides" to that part of the community that he as a liberal considers much more important than the white community of Durham. Harming a couple out of town white males is no big thing to him as they have it coming in a class sense.


544 posted on 05/02/2006 12:53:43 PM PDT by JLS
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Nifong is the real mystery in this mess

Absolutely! At this point it's obvious Seligmann and Finnerty didn't rape anyone. The only question that remains is why on earth did Nifong ever proceed with such a ridiculous case.

545 posted on 05/02/2006 12:55:06 PM PDT by Publius22
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
She item 16


546 posted on 05/02/2006 12:58:23 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

>>>Nifong is the real mystery in this mess.<<<<


Agreed. However, I am reading some interviews with voters in Durham online and out of the four voters interviewed, three were voting for Nifong.

There you have it.


547 posted on 05/02/2006 12:59:45 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Publius22

They may have driven back by there after Kim's call and before the cops arrived two minutes later. There may have been nobody outside at that point, but she felt the need to run her mouth anyway. The problem with that, though, is that Bissey, the neighbor, didn't say anything about it. He did say the guys all took off as the women were leaving. Or, there may have been a point at which she was in the car by herself waiting for Mangum, and yelled that she called the cops as they drove off, leaving then guys with the idea that she'd called during some moments when she was alone in the car waiting. Or she's simply lying when she tells her audience that she yelled that out. It's not real important. What's important is that the cabbie saw what time they left, which would have been between 12:42 and 12:52, which fits into the cabbie's time line from dropping Reade and the other guy off. Reade entered his dorm at 12:46, but it may have taken a couple minutes to walk there from where they were dropped, and they may have stood and talked for a minute or two before going in, so let's say they were dropped at 12:41 and Mostafa re-arrived at the Buchanan house at 12:45 to see Kim coming out, yelling and threatening. She must have gone back in because she learned Mangum hadn't been paid. If Mangum was basically passed out, Kim must have looked for Mangum's purse and noticed it was empty or not there, whatever, and gone back into the house. Pretty brave for a woman who was so frightened earlier. Now, why would she be looking for or through the passed-out Mangum's purse?


548 posted on 05/02/2006 1:01:13 PM PDT by Jezebelle
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To: JLS
Once the Duke feminazis started stirring up things, he was between a rock and a hard spot. He is a white Liberal male with no claim to the African-American nor female vote. This case presented him with a high profile opportunity to present his "bone fides" to that part of the community that he as a liberal considers much more important than the white community of Durham. Harming a couple out of town white males is no big thing to him as they have it coming in a class sense.

Probably. But, Nifong did do 70 interviews prior to the DNA results and zero since, which leads me to believe he actually thought he had a case at one point. I think he's more stupid than cynical.

549 posted on 05/02/2006 1:01:15 PM PDT by Publius22
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To: JLS

>>Not at all. Nifong is the easiest one to figure. It all was about TODAY, ELECTION DAY. Nothing else mattered to him.

Once the Duke feminazis started stirring up things, he was between a rock and a hard spot. He is a white Liberal male with no claim to the African-American nor female vote. This case presented him with a high profile opportunity to present his "bone fides" to that part of the community that he as a liberal considers much more important than the white community of Durham. Harming a couple out of town white males is no big thing to him as they have it coming in a class sense.<<<<

Yep, and he might get rewarded for his disgrace.


550 posted on 05/02/2006 1:01:26 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: OakOak

She was ordered to pay $25k restitution and court costs about five years ago. To date, she's paid a grand total of about $100.00, yet Nifong let her out without bail and agreed to extend her probation for another five years.


551 posted on 05/02/2006 1:05:30 PM PDT by Jezebelle
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To: Jezebelle

FYI Hannity going to interview CBP now


552 posted on 05/02/2006 1:07:42 PM PDT by Repub4bush (Congratulations Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Publius22
The only question that remains is why on earth did Nifong ever proceed with such a ridiculous case.

I don't know Publius, I just don't know what the hell got into me that day. But I sure wish the hell that it had'nt!

553 posted on 05/02/2006 1:08:07 PM PDT by TexKat
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To: Repub4bush

oops NBP's not C


554 posted on 05/02/2006 1:08:11 PM PDT by Repub4bush (Congratulations Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: snarkytart
That's a ten mintute window, however, Reade made several calls before calling a cab to go back to the dorms.

Of course- I was giving the prosecution the benefit of the doubt with 14 minutes. Also, I believe they picked up him and the other player from the corner near the party, which shaves off more time.

555 posted on 05/02/2006 1:10:38 PM PDT by LWalk18
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To: Repub4bush

WTF is Nifong meeting with the NBP peeps for? That's outrageous!!


556 posted on 05/02/2006 1:12:42 PM PDT by abb (If it Ain't on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
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To: Freee-dame

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557 posted on 05/02/2006 1:12:42 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: TexKat

And Nifong is going to win this election?


558 posted on 05/02/2006 1:13:09 PM PDT by Neverforget01 (Proud enemy of the drive-by-media)
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To: maggief

I don't care what xo has to say. If s/he isn't willing to state what, if anything, s/he knows without making a game out of it, I can't take him seriously. S/he's just trying to play with us and, in so doing, make himself seem important and "in the know." If s/he was up front about whatever it is s/he might be claiming happened, that information could be challenged straight on, and that seems to be what xo is trying to avoid.

It's a child's game.


559 posted on 05/02/2006 1:13:16 PM PDT by Jezebelle
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To: abb

I am seething listening to this idiot!


560 posted on 05/02/2006 1:13:43 PM PDT by Repub4bush (Congratulations Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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