Update on Duke blocking student voter registration at the homecoming game. Monks was apparently allowed to distribute campaign literature inside the stadium. Plus, Nifong campaign deception. Must read.
http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2006/10/durham-da-race-updates.html
Unreal. Monks is allowed to distribute campaign literature inside the stadium but Duke students aren't allowed to register students to vote either inside or outside of the stadium? Ya gotta be kidding me. Somebody needs to explain that one.
Justify or Retract
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Duke officials should be made to justify their claim that material could come out at trial to disprove allegations that Mike Nifong has violated various procedures of either the city of Durham or the North Carolina Bar. And if Duke officials cannot offer evidence that could rationalize Nifong's conduct, they should retract their claim, and publicly demand that the district attorney apply to Duke students the same procedures that all other citizens of Durham receive.
Accordingly, I invite readers of this blog who attended Duke to email Duke Alumni Association president Tom Clark (whose email, according to the DAA website, is tcclark100@aol.com ), with a cc to BOT chairman Robert Steel (whose email, according to the Duke website, is boardchair@duke.edu ). I urge asking the following:
In light of repeated statements from administration and alumni officials that the university must wait until a trial to demand that the district attorney uphold the due process rights of all Duke students, could you please tell me what material could possibly appear at trial to disprove allegations that:
District Attorney Nifong violated city procedures and statewide norms in the April 4 photo ID array;
District Attorney Nifong violated Rule 3.8, comment 2, of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which states that "a prosecutor should not intentionally avoid pursuit of evidence merely because he or she believes it will damage the prosecutor's case or aid the accused," when he refused to meet with Reade Seligmann's attorney to consider Seligmann's alibi evidence;
District Attorney Nifong violated Rule 3.8(f) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which states that a prosecutor must "refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused," in his public relations spree of late March and early April.
I will post any replies that are received.
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It looks like Monks is hell bent on ruining the election.