Posted on 05/25/2006 5:04:51 AM PDT by abb
DURHAM -- A lawyer with the state NAACP said the civil rights organization intends to seek a gag order in the Duke lacrosse case, and a journalist who participated in a forum with him on Wednesday said media coverage of the alleged rape may deprive the alleged victim of her legal rights to a fair trial.
Al McSurely, an attorney who chairs the Legal Redress Committee for the state National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he generally respects the defense attorneys in the case as colleagues. But they are violating the State Bar's rules of professional conduct that discourage comments outside court that are likely to prejudice a case, he said.
The NAACP will try to intervene in the case to file a "quiet zone/let's let justice work" motion. That is otherwise known as a gag order, he acknowledged, although he said he doesn't like that term.
McSurely's comments came amid the first-ever Durham Conference on the Moral Challenges of our Culture at First Presbyterian Church downtown. The session gave the approximately 150 people who attended a chance to hear a series of talks and discuss among themselves sexual and domestic violence, racism, class distinctions and the media.
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Pinging the DukeLax List...
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Interesting statement. Do they expect her to be on trial eventually? That's certainly the implication.
Yeah, they are also SOOOOOOOOO concerned that the players are going to get a fair trial as well.
wait a minute... the problem here is that this has been turned on it's head. This is not the alleged victim's trial and she has no right to a fair trial. It's the defendant(s) who have the right to a fair trial.
Good point. Didn't know she's been charged with committing a crime...
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mornin', dogg
Thanks, Perdogg.
I think it's high time the Justice Dept. take a trip to Durham.
Thanks, abb.
I idn't know how thise case could become a more obvious effort by black racists to railroad three white boys, but now I do.
That always is the answer of the left to free speech they find troublesome: shut down dissenting voices. The NAACP, the ACLU, Google, and CFR; it's all about quelling inconvenient conservative ideas.
Where's Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch) when you need him...
NOTHING!!
Bet her "weekend" clients (3) were part of an "on file" data base. Crystal didn't have to squeal. They knew. It was just a matter of getting into the right data base.
The fact that there were 3 sets of DNA must have been the cue for three identified Duke students. I'll bet the first results showed it but WOULDN'T clarify the results because the proper data base wasn't made available. Clever!!
Does anybody know what Bob Bennett is doing?
It's the truth they can't handle.
I suspect (but don't know this) he's orchestrating the media operation. Sort of a central clearinghouse of what/when/how to talk to media contacts...
The False Accuser has undermined belief in real victims' reporting assaults.
Womanist definition:
(adj) "Having or expressing a belief in or respect for women and their talents and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class: "Womanist...tradition assumes, because of our experiences during slavery, that black women already are capable" (Alice Walker)
(n.) One whose beliefs or actions are informed by womanist ideals.
Thanks for the new thread. Out of the smoky backroom, LOL!
A little like the pot calling the kettle black....
Oh, wait, what am I saying?
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