Posted on 05/15/2006 7:14:12 AM PDT by pissant
DURHAM - A Durham grand jury is scheduled to meet today, and the session could mean new charges in the investigation of a reported rape at a Duke lacrosse team party.
Two of the team's players were indicted in April on charges of first degree rape, first degree sex offense and first degree kidnapping. They are accused of assaulting an escort service dancer in a bathroom of a house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. Their lawyers say the men are innocent, and lawyers representing dozens of team members say that no sex or assault occurred at the March 13 party.
But the woman says she was attacked by three men, and Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong said he has been working on bringing charges against a third person.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY? If Nifong decides to submit the case, police investigators and possibly other witnesses will try to convince grand jurors in a secret session that the state has probable cause to bring a case forward. Grand jurors will hear only the prosecution's side of the case. The standard required for a true bill of indictment is far lower than the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard required for a conviction.
IF INDICTMENTS ARE ISSUED, WHEN WILL THEY BECOME PUBLIC? On April 17, a judge ordered the indictments in the lacrosse case sealed. The names of the players who were indicted were not released until 5 a.m. the next day when the players surrendered at the Durham County jail. If Nifong again requests that the indictments be sealed, the law allows a judge to keep them secret until the person is arrested or appears in court.
WHEN WILL ALL THE EVIDENCE BE REVEALED? State law requires prosecutors to turn over all of their case files to defense lawyers, but nothing requires the evidence to be turned over to the public. In open court hearings, lawyers often discuss some of the evidence, but the state's case may not be revealed until trial. No trial dates have been set. When a report on the DNA testing is complete, Nifong is required by law to turn it over to all 46 members of the lacrosse team who submitted DNA samples.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The cases against Reade William Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y., are moving forward. Finnerty has a court date in June. Seligmann is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. His attorney, Kirk Osborn, has filed a series of motions challenging Nifong's handling of the case and asking a judge to bar the prosecutor from further involvement.
There are crimes committed every day in this world that don't make it Court. That doesn't mean they didn't happen.
You are not making any sense. You told us 30 minutes ago, no one should believe anything UNTIL it is heard in COURT.
Now you say Court doesn't mean anything. I think you are a Nancy Grace fan and if you read your stuff carefully it comes thru. you don't believe what you are saying about court, but you thought if you came out and said these White Rich kids are no good: you would get flamed.
Your words don't add up: they just don't
Oh come on, it was first on the search engine for yahoo. I'd be willing to spend some time looking for more if you'd like.
"All you can do is attack people personally."
Where did I attack someone personally?
Did you hear them saying that the material was on the TOP of the fingernail.
Marajade:
You can tell me, I am a Doctor. What makes you think this woman is a poor victim & what makes you think these Duke guys are evil men?
I provided a link for clarification. And can provide more. What's your argument?
Just dropped over to the site. I would think there w/b more objective sites out there. Citing this particular 'blog' as a source tells us both more than we need to know.
LOl--Towleroad.com--No wonder !
I'd still like to see the case play out.
Where did I ever say that?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=finnerty+diversion&spell=1
Here are more. Give it up already.
Yes I did! I just can't believe Wendy murphy is going down the rabbit hole with this loser case!
You mean you would still like to see it go forward
It says Free Republic premier CONSERVATIVE news
Why would someone that thinks you are a rapist if you called someone GAY be conservative?
Why would someone repeating exactly what Nancy Grace said tonight be Conservative?
why would a Conservative automatically side with a woman that has such a bad rap sheet and previous false accusations?
Actually, we've heard and read all the search warrants and have seen Nifong 70 times on TV.
I'm stunned that you believe her.
Not one person I know that is down here listening to this story believes her.
Not one person calling into the talk shows down here believes her.
Three people cannot possibly rape a woman in a room the size of a bathroom in and old house and leave not one iota of DNA on HER, much less in the bathroom. Her OWN DNA isn't in that bathroom, FGS.
She repeatedly changed her story.
She identified four men, at lesat two of which could not possibly be the ones she claims attacked her.
But this farce is fine with you? Do you have children?
Where will these boys go to get their reputation back? Doesn't that bother you in the least?
Do you not realize that these boys are going to be marked for life? In a sexual abuse data bank for life? Fine by you, as long as she gets her way?
Do you work in Rape Crisis?
She made so many ridiculous statements and out and out lies, I just stopped counting.
Equal justice under the law? Gee, last I thought that was a conservative ideal.
You know, you are now smearing that boy; the attorney on Greta's show went to court and looked at the papers involving that incident and it was nothing more than a shoving match on M Street in Georgetown between two groups of guys, with them calling each other gay and Collin taking a swing.
Is your life so pure that nothing like that has happened to you?
Why are you a part of this travesty?
I'm shocked. Wendy's sounding unhinged at this point. She is wondering why the defendants aren't demanding a speedy trial...oops!
Equal Justice
was it equal to let Kim Robert go when she stole 25 Grand and then hold a Cab driver on an old charge of Two hundred bucks that someone already copped to?
was it equal to leak selected portions of DNA testing when the law prohibits it?
you are not interested in Justice
I think it's time to ignore her.
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