Posted on 03/28/2006 10:21:27 PM PST by Howlin
I work for an attorney who went to Duke and he is the nicest, most generous man. Not all Dukies are jerks!
Woo-Hoo! I was so excited to see them get to the Final Four.
did you see this?
Probably, but only because I don't trust the press. If they are innocent, then the DNA should go a long way towards proving it without their having to tangle with the press.
exactly...and if the media gets it wrong, the damage is irreversible
She was a stripper! But that still does not excuse or condone their actions. She was raped, period.
Yeah...I saw the story early this AM in the Times and the Post. I didn't bother you with it since I didn't want to be the one to bring you this awful stuff about your favorite sport. A lot of these guys are from NY and NJ (big surprise) but I don't know if the perps were from around here.
46 of 47 players are white, and the three she accused are white. That's why they did not take DNA from the black LAX player. She is black.
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Ooops.
That's a switch, usually it's the stippers that use fake names.
How dumb would they have had to have been to give their real names? LOL
Somethign happened, that's for sure, but the team is adamant that they are innocent of the charges.
We shall see by next week, but in the meantime, we're going to be treated to the usual rantings and ravings of any group who hopes to jump on the train. NAACP is already heard from, of course.
If she retains Gloria Allred, I smell Sharpton-Brawley all over again.
I'm waiting for DNA results. And facts.
Am totally burnt out here on "spin" City "young political identity trainee" at the microphone and before the cameras schtick.
I'd pay to see professional lacrosse if it were around here. If I were emperor, I'd ban soccer tomorrow and get those not playing baseball into lacrosse (it's a Spring sport). It's fast (like soccer), has significant contact (unlike soccer), has scoring (unlike soccer), and requires opposable thumbs (unlike soccer). It's probably the fastest growing sport in the country right now.
My son played his last 3 years of H.S.
Do it. You'll love it.
Defense lawyers representing members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team say prosecutors are trying to convict their clients in public in a rape investigation before any charges have been filed.
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"Each and every one of those young men who were present at this party categorically deny that any assault of any description took place," said Durham lawyer Bill Thomas, who said he represents one of the captains. "The entire Duke lacrosse team looks forward to the results of the DNA test in order to clear their names."
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Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong said Wednesday that even if DNA results, which are expected as early as next week, do not match team members, no one is necessarily exonerated. The attackers could have used condoms or might not have been team members, Nifong said.
"How does DNA exonerate you? It's either a match or there's not a match," Nifong said. " ... If the only thing that we ever have in this case is DNA, then we wouldn't have a case."
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Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong said Wednesday that even if DNA results, which are expected as early as next week, do not match team members, no one is necessarily exonerated. The attackers could have used condoms or might not have been team members, Nifong said.
"How does DNA exonerate you? It's either a match or there's not a match," Nifong said. " ... If the only thing that we ever have in this case is DNA, then we wouldn't have a case."
The lawyers criticized Nifong's frequent interviews in local and national media outlets. Nifong is running to keep his job against three candidates in May.
"The fact that the DA is out in public saying these boys are guilty is just extraordinary," said Joseph B. Cheshire V, a prominent Raleigh lawyer who represents team captain Dave Evans. "I am absolutely convinced, and I think that everyone in that house will testify, that nothing like these allegations happened."
http://www.newsobserver.com/1185/story/423471.html
Thanks. I was just reading this...Maybe they weren't even on the team??? What a shame...
"Fortunately, I preferred staying closer to home and picked UAB. Free ride for me. :) "
Every officer I worked with from UAB, or for that matter all Alabama schools were top notch.
The thing that's going to totally bury these guys is the fact that a virtually all-white team appears to have specifically employed black strippers. It's going to be awfuly hard for their defence to prove that this wasn't racial incitement of some form. Not only that, but it seriously undermines the 'just booze and lack of judgement' argument. If the prosecution proves that a rape took place, he has good grounds to go further an accuse the rape of being both premeditated AND racially motivated.
If these guys are guilty they are going to get what's coming to them and a whole world of trouble on top of that.
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