And it was with arrogance, wasn't it? Wonder if his trial schedule for the next six months or so is available to the public.
To be fair to the judge for a moment, we don't know how busy the court system in Durham County- given Durham's crime rate, I doubt that this the only criminal trial in town. For all we know setting this case a few months from know would mean bumping 10 cases into next year. No doubt this case will take several weeks to try given the nature of the case so far and you have to make sure that those days are available. In addition, this will be a media circus that Durham ( or whatever venue this case ends up in) has to be able to prepare for that.
If it is available I think these boys and their attorneys should come out and say publicly that there is no reason why this trial cannot go ahead now.
If it isn't I would still have them go out publicly and demand to know why they are so backlogged and that they should be required to SHOW publicly why their claim is legit.
As I said thru the wacko jacko trial, the OJ trial, the Scott Peterson trial, the David westerfield trial and even the martha stewert trial....IF the accused has really done nothing wrong then by all means get in front of those camera AND sit in front of the jury answering every question asked of them.
When accused the worst thing the innocent can do is remain silent. I take notice that the team captain came out strong in words and action. He offered help that was rebuffed. He took a lie detector by his own willingness. He did not force a warrant for the cops to search and even impound some of his things.
I predeict these boys did NOTHING wrong except piss off this girl and she played the race card and the gender card trying to get back at them. Sure looks to me like the one that needs to go to jail is the accuser herself and if things turn out to be the way I see them I sure hope she does go to jail.
All the "protect the victim" folks may just find themselves in a position that they SHOULD have been backing the ones they are currently attacking.
I see alot that shows these boys couldn't have done what they are accused of and nothing but the word of the accuser to show they did.
To all those big brother is bad folks I offer that the cameras at the ATM may just play a HUGE part in proving innocence. That FRiends is a good thing.
Being this turned out to be a rant ( sorry) I would also like to say that if the accused names can be out in the public domain then by all means the accusers should as well. If keeping private the accusers name is so proper then by all means lets have some equal justice under the law and keep the accused names private as well.
I must say if this is dealt with very quickly someones blood is going to be shed and when that starts it we will see many people hurt that need not be.
I think this girl LIED and alot of folks are going to be eating a main course of crow with a side of humble pie. I just really hope they will sit down and eat the dinner they deserve before more people are hurt in more serious ways than they already have been.
If these boys are shown to be guilty I would be happy to sit down and eat that dinner myself.
Sorry about the rant folks, but hey, what s a FReeper to do when typing about such an emotional subject? :)