REPORT: DUKE LACROSSE ACCUSER HAD 'BLACKOUT' DAYS BEFORE ALLEGED RAPE...

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/510272.html ^

[william clark]

Man, if the Internet had been around in 1920, Roscoe Arbuckle's career would have been saved. This sounds like the same type of railroading he received, but he had Hearst selling newspapers on his back in addition to a bloodthirsty prosecutor.

[Signalman]

The FBI should proceed with a Civil Rights Violations investigation, is what I meant to say.

[spinestein]

[Either Nifong has got "the smoking gun" waiting in the bullpen, or...?]


A prosecutor can't legally withhold evidence from the defense. He is required by law to provide all evidence to their side well before a trial starts to give them time to prepare their defense.

However, this prosecutor seems to have such a lack of respect for prosecutorial ethics, so far, that I wouldn't be surprised if he did exactly that. This case reads like something out of a cheap novel.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Blackout days?!?! What about Whiteout days? Or brownout days? Or Redskinout days?

[queenkathy]

Because when a woman cries rape everyone listens. Her word against his word=money. Sometimes it could be a payback for a woman who was dumped. I believe many women use and abuse the system. That's not good for the ones who are telling the truth.

[Howlin]

DukeLAX Ping!!!!

[TommyDale]

Actually, Durham is a lot like Newark.

[taillightchaser]

This was a BS story from day 1. An example of the 24 hour news cable stations looking for crap to fill up the hours.

[Enterprise]

bump

[HEY4QDEMS]

>>>>The juror poll will be drawn from the voters who re-elected NiFong.<<<<

I'm betting that at least ten of the twelve will not be white.

[LRS]

I see it now: the defendants will found guilty of the hate crime of NOT raping her...

[MAWG]

Does anyone still believe this lying WHORE?

[MAWG]

The defendants should be on double secret probation for being incredibly stupid!

[HEY4QDEMS]

>>>>Does anyone still believe this lying WHORE?<<<<

Be polite, it isn't nice to call sluts "whores". Where are your manners?

[sappy]

OH MR. NIFONG. WHERE ARE YOU? COME OUT AND PLAY!

[Raebie]

Never before has a case made me physically ill like this one has. Never. I can feel my ulcer start to flare with every new revelation.

[Ready4Freddy]

KC's take this morning - http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-from-yolanda-haynes.html

[gridlock]

Actually, Durham is a lot like Newark.

Hey, you can knock Newark. Everybody does. But at least they haven't done anything quite this stupid in a little while.

[LRS]

It's all racist. If this had been a stoned out of her skull white slu, I mean whor, I mean ho, I mean prostitu, I mean, DANCER, these white boys would have had their way with her. They ignored her because she's black. RACISTS! Hate crime! Notify Jesse! Send for Al! Where's the New Black Panthers? We need action! We need organizing. We need slogans! ("If she can't escape/ then you must do the rape") We need marches! We need riots! We need reparations! We need more white guilt! We need justice! We need more Dimocrats!

[Sue Perkick]

A reasonable person would think that but it doesn't appear to be the case. Both the governor & state attorney general have refused to get involved. "Ongoing investigation" is the favored cop out. The NC system is run by RATS. Those sewer swillers stick together.