Posted on 05/19/2006 7:17:27 AM PDT by Perdogg
DURHAM, N.C.One of three Duke University lacrosse players charged with rape wants the case resolved in time for the next school year, his lawyer said in court yesterday. But the judge warned he will not fast-track the proceedings.
The case "is not going to jump ahead of the line and be handled any differently," Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Stephens said at a hearing for sophomore Reade Seligmann.
After the brief hearing, District Attorney Mike Nifong said he does not expect any trial to begin before next year.
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Mort took that position? Wow, that is saying something when Mort goes so far as to make a statement of that degree.
Agreed but there are probably some connecting dots there also. YOU know what I'ahm talking bout. :o)
Admittedly not Civil Rights knowledgable here, it would seem to me that these boys have had their civil rights violated and the Feds should step in....or at least Jesse>barf
From the look of things, the New Black Panther pitbulls have clamped their jaws down on these guys, and they're not going to let go no matter what. I think they would follow these guys around no matter where the venue was.
This situation is Bonfire of the Vanities happening all over again.
I think that Duke is far from unique in that policy.
Oh, that's right, threats of possible riots by the good citizens of Durham should trump the right to a fair and speedy trial of these boys. /sarc
The defense said nothing about pushing ahead of anyone. The judge said something about that.
Durham county can not say our cops are too busy to give Miranda warnings and besides we do not Marandize anyone else. Similarly Durham County can not say, speedy trial, we don't give anyone no stinkin speedy trial.
That Durham routinely denies accused speedy trials does not trump the right of any particular person to a speedy trial. That other defendents routinely waive their speedy trial rights does not mean these guys lose their right to a speedy trial.
So the judge can say any hauty thing he wants about not pushing this trial ahead of others. These guys still have a right to a speedy trial.
I think that in cases of moral turpitude of a serious nature, the identities of both the accused and the alleged victim should be kept confidential pending the results of a trial.
A grand jury indictment is not tantamount to a conviction.
No doubt the black racialist lobby, as always, has a hand in these cases, but my feelings are now that Nullfang, may have been intimate with the alleged victim and she's got that over him.
That would really speak loudly to the scope of the problem wouldn't it?
I find it most ironic that those that scream the loudest about losing liberty are oh so often the very ones doing the very stealing of the liberty they claim to be holding so dear and defending so strongly.
Exactly! Put investigators watching Kim and Crystal, and their pimp, then gather all the evidence.
Are they going to stop being prostitutes? If so, what are they going to do for the next 6 months? Not buy drugs? Not get drunk or high? Not whore?
They will both screw up big time. There is no way these two women make it to year's end without blowing it.
Sounds like some research to determine the length of the docket, average time from indictment to trial, etc. is in order.
Paying someone money for calling them names? Dang, that would cause alot of folks around here to be obliterated by crushing debt!
"They will both screw up big time. There is no way these two women make it to year's end without blowing it."....
Blowing it??
Was that a pun?
Among other tombstones in the cemetary of Justice, here lies the "right to a speedy trial" and "innocent until proven guilty". Let us mourn.
Apparently NC has adopted its legal procedures from, I don't know, maybe Nicaragua?
I see the democrats railing against GITMO and the administration in part because they are not getting the speedy trial some claim terrorists deserve when they were captured on the field of battle making war on our nations soldiers.
I see democrats disallowing a speedy trial for shite guys accused of rape with what seems to be no evidence at all.
Do I need glasses or is this actually what I am seeing?
Shite should read White.
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