I agree, which is why I don't understand her position on this case. She's a victims' advocate, and God knows victims do indeed need advocates within our criminal justice system, especially children, so I think her response in this case has been strictly knee-jerk. She's not a dummy so the only possible explanation is that she will not step out of her role as an advocate for victims. What she isn't looking at is the damage women like Mangum do to real rape victims. Murphy would be wise to step back a little, lower the decibels, and watch the case objectively for awhile before commenting again.
In response to both of your posts to me, Jezebelle, I agree with 100% of what you said.
I too think she knows she's backing a loser and isn't ready to admit she's been played.
If this woman has been raped, it's looking day by day more like it wasn't by those LAX players and she's gonna have to lay off them if she's gonna have any credibility left anymore.
Look what's happened to Dr. Henry Lee, for example. Altho, in his case he's not a victims advocate, but a Dr. Henry Lee advocate. He went for the money everytime. $500 an hour (+ $350 just for sleeping) in the last big Durham case: that of Michael Peterson. He sold his "expertise" in support of an obviously guilty man. Then he was on the witness list for that other Peterson pig but never got called. After that, all credibility was gone. So he got a show on CTV showcasing all the work he's done in the past that help the prosecution. Even that didn't help repair his rep. At least not IMO. Now i see he's an expert for the prosecution on the case of the priest who "allegedly" killed the nun. Maybe this one will work.