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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Someone should charge Nifong with obstruction of justice.
Kim surfaces....court hearing on her probation violation (picture and video).
I remember this one...This is where the brother talks about his sister's beautiful ('cuse me) boobs. AND, if that is not enough,the fact (HAHAHAHA) that she "sleeps" (not the word used) with her one man.
If my brother went public about me with that language, well he wouldn't--we have class.
Early on in this case, we did uncover the website you've referenced. And this has been the basis upon which I occasionally wonder about Jackie (AV's cousin) and wondering if they (Jackie, Kim's brother) all know each other, go to the same church, hang out in the same groups.
I wonder if the National Association of Angry Colored People would be so considerate if the alleged rape victim was white.
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