Posted on 06/15/2006 2:22:31 AM PDT by abb
In the early days of the Duke lacrosse rape case, Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong's public statements appear to have contradicted certain facts in his own files.
After an escort service dancer said three men raped her at a lacrosse party, Nifong talked frequently with national and local reporters -- 50 to 70 interviews consuming 40 hours of his time, Nifong estimated. Nifong then went quiet in early April, refusing most interview requests.
A comparison of his words with documents that Nifong gave defense lawyers show that Nifong made what appear to be misstatements about condom use, a purported struggle and a 911 call made by a second dancer, among other things.
Nifong said the assailants might have used condoms; the accuser told an emergency-room nurse none were used, according to a defense filing. Nifong described a violent attack in which the accuser was choked and struggled to breathe; the accuser told a nurse she wasn't choked, the filing said.
Defense lawyers have filed some of the documents in court and characterized others, such as the medical exam, in affidavits.
Nifong declined through an assistant to answer questions Wednesday.
"Either he knew what the facts were and misstated them, or he was making them up," said James Coleman, a Duke law professor who has publicly requested that Nifong remove himself from the case. "Whether he acted knowing they were false, or if he was reckless, it doesn't matter in the long run. This is the kind of stuff that causes the public to lose confidence in the justice system."
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and btw....I thought a grand jury was supposed to help a DA figure out if a case needed to be pursued....how can that be done if the DA just feeds trash to the jury....they got a slanted and misleading interpretation....
of course it is...always has been.....and, having been to many a board, FR is by far the best there is on most subjects....not only that, its much easier to read and post here.....but we all know that...that's why we donate....
can a drug screen be done alone, without also testing for other things, like opiates, or bennies, etc....it seems AFAIK when you get a drug test back, it includes EVERYTHING.....
perhaps the AV refused drug testing or alcohol testing for fear of finding out she was also positive for coccaine or marijuana...etc...
let's all be honest....no one wants a poor or sickly or uneducated or even trashy or a drug abuser or an alcoholic person to be attacked by seemingly rich and powerful people and get away with it.....its human nature to want the "little " guy...in this case the AV...to win out in the end....I am always for the little guy....
THAT's why this got so much attention...that, and the racial angle...it just got the MSM or drive-by media ( DBM ) all excited....
too bad the reality of the case is that the Democratic DA is a crook and incompetant and the AV is just a stripper with a drug and alcohol problem,not to mention a liar of dubious morals....
good for you.....I know all that with your ex and the kids was exhausting, but it is so refreshing to see someone put their kids first even if its terribly difficult....your kids will forever remember and thank you for it.....
If you didn't catch it last night, TUCKER CARLSON said that all the networks have directed their people to NOT use the AV's name.
He said he did agree with that, that he sees no basis for that, but that all the Networks have directed their employees
likewise.
The one about the defense lawyers not wanting to take him on convinced me of what a total idiot he is. Like I said before, if this ever gets to a courtroom with him there, he will come face to face with his worst nightmare. Joe Cheshire. I actually laughed out loud when I first read that statement.
I like it.
Here's the motion filed yesterday...
http://www.newsobserver.com/content/news/crime_safety/duke_lacrosse/20060615_duke2.pdf
Thank you for the posts.
Lil Kimmy is not going to like this one.
"She also claimed ... --the woman she left with--had pushed her out of her car and onto the street."
More reading to do ...
Many thanks-I was waiting for it.
Quick google search, Mariecia Smith appears to be the social worker.
OMG!!!
I guess Alan Colmes will just say the defense is only releasing things that help the defense again tonight.
"North Carolina Statue Bureau of Investigation"...
They could change the name to North Carolina Bureau of Statue Investigation... or maybe it's a hint that they could build a statue of Nifong in North Carolina for his excellent investigation..
Poor Bradley, probably severely bruised from the smack down of signing Cheshire's name to this faulty document.. ;)
More from Himan's notes:
4/3/06 1815hrs - Went to (redacted) in reference to contacting Kim Pittman. I left my business card to contact me. (LOL, I see she got right back to him. /sarc.)
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4/5/06 1415hrs - Supeona was served on Durham Access ... (WTF? Why the delay?)
It was only the day before that Gottlieb/Nifong finally squeezed the bogus IDs out of Crystal. Without the IDs there couldn't be indictments, and perhaps until then they saw no need to do mundane things like actually collect evidence.
Yep, maybe that tidbit is true.
We would then know why the AV had some of her injuries, and why it took so long to get to the Kroger.
Kim pushed CGM out of her car and into the street, and then had to wrestle her back in!
This would explain a few things, imo.
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