Posted on 09/22/2006 1:20:40 PM PDT by Howlin
Three Duke lacrosse players took five to 10 minutes to sexually assault a woman hired to perform as a stripper at a team party, and not the 30 minutes she originally described to investigators, a prosecutor said Friday. "When something happens to you that is really awful, it can seem like it takes place longer than it actually takes," District Attorney Mike Nifong said.
Nifong's comments came as Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III denied a defense request that prosecutors provide a detailed accounting of the alleged assault, including the exact time, place and type of sexual act the accuser said each defendant committed.
A grand jury has indicted three lacrosse players _ Reade Seligmann, 20; Collin Finnerty, 19; and David Evans, 23 _ on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense. The accuser, a student at nearby North Carolina Central University, told police she was raped in a bathroom by three men at a March 13 off-campus party. Defense attorneys have strongly proclaimed the players' innocence.
Kirk Osborn, who represents Seligmann, said the defense needed the "bill of particulars" because the accuser has told several different versions of the alleged assault, and his client has a right to know which version prosecutors will present at trial. In search and arrest warrants issued early in the investigation, police stated the accuser told investigators she was assaulted for 30 minutes.
Nifong said he is not required to state the exact time of the alleged attack, but offered that authorities believe it took place between 11:30 p.m. on March 13, when the accuser arrived at the party, and 12:55 a.m. on March 14, when police arrived and found no one at the house.
Friday's hearing was the first since Smith was appointed to take over the case, and it was scheduled to continue Friday afternoon.
Before the hearing began, Nifong gave defense lawyers 615 pages of evidence, a compact disc and a cassette tape. He said it included much of what was requested by defense lawyers, who had asked for handwritten notes from police officers involved with the case, reports outlining procedures used at the labs that tested the DNA of the players and notes from a mental health facility where police took the accuser after the party.
Well, it was coughin' up blood last night.
Lol, it'll be dead when that iron door slams shut on the Fonger and he's in jail for malicious prosecution. Hell, I may visit North Carolina and visit the sob in jail just to gloat...
It's unlawful for a student to hurl racial slurs at a Durham police officer but okay for the BALD cop to hurl racial slurs at the Blinco's cook.
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-773020.html
Officer: Student used racial slurs
A 19-year-old Lakeview School student was arrested Monday for allegedly causing a disturbance in class during which she allegedly hurled racial slurs at a Durham police officer.
India Link, 16, of 715 Torredge Road, was charged with one count of disorderly conduct for allegedly calling Officer K.K. Crews a racial epithet.
Magistrate Chet Dobies ordered that Link be held at the jail until 10 p.m. before her mother be allowed to post $1,000 bond. Link is scheduled to appear November 6 in Durham County District Court.
Nifong Is A Dirty Liar , & Where's another Elliot Ness When You Need Him .....
Nifong belongs in Jail , & Their should be a law so a DA Can Go to Jail For Abusing his Powers !
mark
No?? Care to point out the down side? Whats it going to do? "Inflame" public opinion? Bias potential witnesses?
Fact is, defacto silence has enabled Nifong and since the local media won't print anything "opinionated" against him, I think Finnerty is doing himself and everyone else a service. I just wish more people would speak up and get their quotes in the local paper, especially before the upcoming election. You can't win against evil if you stay silent. Most people are not following the case like we are and theyre not reading the National Journal or Liestoppers blog or National Review. They're just reading "non-judgemnental, balanced " "news" from the N&O and the Hearld Sun... They need to be "educated".
In public is the only place they have any hope of getting justice. You don't seriously think this is best left in the hands of the Durham system. It's one big "rat" infested bed they all share. Nifong has mishandled this case from the beginning. It needs to be very public.
Excellent! Bears repeating.
She was not arrested for yelling a racial name at the cop. She was arrested for disorderly conduct. Disorderly conduct laws are on the books to allow the police to arrest anyone they want. When no being abused that is probably ok as it allows the police to defuses situations before a serious life changing crime is committed in anger.
http://antiprotester.blogspot.com/2006/09/duke-lacrosse-rape-case-is-tawana.html
Duke Lacrosse Rape Case Is Tawana Brawley Redux
http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_09_01_leadandgold_archive.html#115921935524818146
Duke lacrosse: Custom, interest, and the pursuit of truth
Most people are not following the case like we are and theyre not reading the National Journal or Liestoppers blog or National Review. They're just reading "non-judgemnental, balanced " "news" from the N&O and the Hearld Sun... They need to be "educated".
You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.--Marian Wright Edelman
Attaboy to Stephen Miller.
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/nifongs-peculiar-motion.html
http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/09/duffs-spin-machine_26.html
I thought Kevin Finnerty's comments were fairly mild considering what Nifong is doing to his son. At any rate, I'm glad he said it.
A lot milder than mine would have been, that's for sure.
No DNA is not reads "reasonable doubt", it reads "Crystal is a frigg'n lying wh***........who thought the rich, white boy familes would settle out of court.
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