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To: ravinson
I don't know if the police were lying or not (read their statements carefully), but under the circumstances I have no problem with the police lying to try to get Kobe to make admissions which tend to prove a consciousness of guilt rather than the indignancy of a person falsely accused.

First of all, the semen and pubic hair turned out to be from a WHITE GUY.

And even if it doesn't bother you that they lied, they STILL didn't get Kobe to confess to anything other than consensual sexual intercourse, did they?

Physical evidence alone would not be likely to prove a rape by threat of force.

You are aware, aren't you, that Michael Baden AND the SARS nurses were the ones who were suppose to PROVE this case for the DA, right?

Simply put, there is NO credible evidence of rape, much less forced rape.

92 posted on 10/15/2004 11:41:08 AM PDT by Howlin (Bush has claimed two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)
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To: Howlin
And even if it doesn't bother you that they lied, they STILL didn't get Kobe to confess to anything other than consensual sexual intercourse, did they?>

They got him to admit that he was lying to the police at first and to make many other incriminating statements.

You are aware, aren't you, that Michael Baden AND the SARS nurses were the ones who were suppose to PROVE this case for the DA, right?

According to whom? No DA worth his salt would ever ignore witness statements, and they also had her blood on Kobe's shirt, which corroborated her statement.

Simply put, there is NO credible evidence of rape, much less forced rape.

More like simplistically put. Rape is still rape whether's it's committed with brute force or under threat of force, and there was credible evidence of both force and threat of force. I'm not saying that the prosecution could have easily gotten a conviction under the circumstances, but I think it's more likely than not that Kobe raped her. You seem to be approaching this case as if you believe that because she was kissing him in his hotel room and had a checkered background, she deserved whatever he did to her, even forced sex.

93 posted on 10/15/2004 2:56:01 PM PDT by ravinson
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