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(Wendy) Murphy said: "Let's not forget, there was some DNA found at the scene, on the floor of the bathroom, on a towel in the bathroom, according to the defense attorneys it matched two of the guys on the team, two of the guys who live there. So you can bet that that is going to play a role.

"It doesn't necessarily prove a rape, but it sure goes far to prove that two men were in that bathroom at some point doing something."

LET'S HANG THEM

http://cbs2chicago.com/seenon/topstories_story_107150416.html

How does Nifong reconcile the following statements with the NC state rules and dictates governing him (at bottom):

"The circumstances of the rape indicated a deep racial motivation for some of the things that were done. It makes a crime that is by its nature one of the most offensive and invasive even more so."
District Attorney Mike Nifong
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/29/sportsline/main1449886.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories

"I still think that the racial slurs that were involved are relevant to show the mind-set, I guess, that was involved in this particular attack, and obviously, to make what is already an extremely reprehensible attack even more reprehensible."
-- Nifong to Harry Smith of CBS's "The Early Show" on March 30
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/431568.html

"He (Nifong)criticized team members for not cooperating with police, at one point using the term "a bunch of hooligans." He has been emphatic that he thinks the dancer was raped and that he has medical evidence and eyewitness testimony that will prove it. He has said that the racial slurs alleged to have been used against the dancers at the party made an "extremely reprehensible attack even more reprehensible." He has speculated that no DNA was recovered because the attackers may have used condoms. And he went on a cable news show and used his own arm to demonstrate how the alleged victim was choked."
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/431568.html

A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter.
-- Rule 3.6 of the N.C. State Bar on Trial Publicity

Except for statements that are necessary to inform the public on the nature and extent of the prosecutor's action and that serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose, refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused.
-- Rule 3.8 of the N.C. State Bar on the Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor

In response to "they wore condoms and had rape proof hoodies on: Don't forget, her DNA should be all over the rug together with "hair" and clothing fibers, etc. and likewise, her clothing should have had rug fibers all over them.

We're being blindsided with the: "We're looking at the Duke DNA".