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Photo array number 1, 16 March 2006: I suspect there are fillers in this one as this is three days after the party and Nifong is yet to be directly involved. Mangum fails to ID any lacross players. The investigators are not too worried afterall they have DNA evidence.

You know I wonder what photos where used in the first lineup of the players. Even if there was fillers it seems unfair to use photos of players that are all wearing the same shirt-jersey. It seems to me like they would stick out like a sore thumb.

I tend to think the 16 March 2006 photo array was the most legit as it was before Nifong got involved. They could have cropped off all Duke identifiers and given her a bunch of head shots of Duke lacrosse players and fillers. I can certainly imagine her saying she could not ID anyone from merely a head shot and they got more complete photos for the second and third photo arrays.

I have seen conjecture that the photo array used pictures taken when the players gave their DNA with their shirts off so she could see who was most scratched up. A timeline I saw on the CourtTV board suggest that they gave their DNA after the date of the 21 March photo array so if true that would have been for the April photo array.