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.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
That's is the other reason why if I'm the defense, I am not neccesary upset if the trial is in say Jan-Feb 07 rather than September or October. The longer it that to get to trial, the longer she has to slip up. Sometimes all it takes is one disgrunted family member or ex-boyfriend to blow up her story. She sounds like she has a drinking problem as is likely to get drunk and perhaps brag. Kim also sounds like a person who can't keep a secret for 8-9 months.
I just saw this...and couldn't believe that these poor guys have to wait a YEAR, before they can TRY to salvage their lives...
This is disgraceful....and I guess the judge and Nifong are in cahoots...just like so many trials seem to be lately.
Nope.
Greta Van Susteren reported the black man as saying after court to Reade Seligman, "YOU'RE a dead man walking!"...that definitely sounds like a threat, and that man should have been arrested and charged for threatening the life of Seligman, IMO. I wish I knew the law, because to the average person, it certainly seems like a 'change of venue' is called for in this case.
Exactly...they want to make this like a Kobe Bryant scenario...
Have them "settle" out of court....but, they better NOT!
No speedy trial either? I'm really trying to keep an openmind about NC, and have attributed this mess to a runaway DA, but this is nuts!
And btw, has anything been heard about the custody of the accuser's two children? She supposedly didn't want the CPS or anyone to know she was a stripper for fear of losing them.
Think about this...these guys will not be able to continue their education and their Lacrosse playing...
BUT, Jesse Jackson is going to PAY for the stripper to go to college.!!
Duke University policy is to suspend students who have felony indictments. In this case I think that they should ignore that policy.
If this cae goes to trial and Nullfang can produce no other evidence than what has been produced thus far, HE should be investigated by the State Attorney General of North Carolina.
Yes.
BTW, Mort Kondrake is personal friends with Mr & Mrs. Evans, but he does not know Dave. Mort called this one of the worst cases of prosecutorial misconduct he's seen.
He's betting on a reverse OJ jury who will ignore all facts and convict just because they want the charge to be true.
The delay is to totally destroy these innocent men!
The prosecutor knows that he is slavishly following the dictates of the militant gender feminists and race-hucksters, and that he is wrong!
This way the feminazis and hate-preachers can jump up and down for a year and say "see, white men are rapists".
As in after the election?
Being that they let this guy go after making his obvious death threat i sure do hope they gave him this message before he was released.
Sir, being that you made such a foolish statement of threat, I hearby deputize you as this boys personal protecter in the civilian community. IF ANYTHING happens to this boy or the other boys in regards to backlash of this case I will hold YOU personally responsible and you WILL be the arrested and charged with whatever happens to them.....as you have made a very public and to the point threat of things to come.
For a little perspective I would like to point all you folks to the David westerifeld trial where Damon Van Damme was REMOVED from the courtroom where the killer of his 7 year old girl was complaining about how he was LOOKING at him. Seriously LOOKING at him. The judge said it was keeping Westerfield from getting a fair trial.
Our legal system has become a joke and it isn't just that it is happening now more and more it is just that we are seeing it more and more.
Many folsk complain about the natalie halloway, Elizabeht Smart, Scott peterson type cases being all over TV and I would like to pose that the reason they are on TV news so much is not to show you the individual people...but indeed to show the entire public how much a JOKE our ENFORCEMENT arena of our legal system has become.
What the media is doing is putting the system on trial and the people are just pawns in that game. Clearly innocent people are ran thru the mill while guilty people are coddled and have excuses made for them by leftist idiots that just cannot accept that people do very bad things and when it is shown they have done so they should be punished ina way that fits the crime they did.
Sad state of affairs our legal system is in today and we have leftist liberal appologists to thank for it. I sure they are happy they have gotten what they have pressed for. I fear for my country and the rule of law.
Why not? What is there to do?
He knows he doesn't have a case. This is his way of imposing a "sentence" on the falsely accused Duke boys.
OUCH, but that is pretty much par for the course these days.
You're right, but that's apparently a general problem in the jurisdiction in question, not something specific to this case. The information at the top of the thread seems to indicate that the defense wanted this case pushed to the front of the court schedule this summer.
Well if that is their policy then indeed they promote punishment for accusation prior to any proof of guilt and I would caution ALL people that would think about going to Duke university to that fact.
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