[Howlin]

Big time.

Now the DA, who just happens to be up for reelection in May and decided to "try" the case himself rather than giving it to an assistant, says that no DNA doesn't prove there wasn't a rape -- and that maybe it wasn't any of the 43 boys who donated DNA, but could have been 3 OTHER boys who were at the party, (to be named at a later date, no doubt, since there's been NO mention of them before today).

And late tonight he said he'd be holding a press conference in TWO WEEKS to announce how he will be proceeding.

[HighWheeler]

If she retracts at any point, or runs out of accusees, or her story begins to logically unravel (like it already is...), she should spend AT LEAST as much time behind bars as her alleged victims would have had to spend if they were convicted.

[Mo1]

The DA actually said that?

[conservative in nyc]

The media's gotten into a frenzy about what allegedly has gone on in Durham without waiting for the facts to come out. If there's sufficient evidence that any member of the lacrosse team raped anyone, that person should be thrown in prison for as long as the law would allow. But there's no proof of that - yet. Here's the best quote from the DA I've seen so far:

"And one would wonder why one needs an attorney if one was not charged and had not done anything wrong."

Innocent or not, if you're under criminal investigation, you're foolish if you don't hire a lawyer. It doesn't take much for a biased DA to indict a ham sandwich. Ask Ronnie Earle.

[FreedomPoster]

Oh, now that's interesting. I haven't been following this very closely, but I distinctly remember someone saying on one of the early threads, that no one but lacrosse players were at the party.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Now the DA, who just happens to be up for reelection in May and decided to "try" the case himself rather than giving it to an assistant..."

Exactly like our (WI) up-for-reelection AG, Peg "The Keg" Lautenschlager. She tried to redeem herself after her DUI arrest in a State vehicle by personally prosecuting the Chai Vang deer hunter murder last year. It was a total slam-dunk. I, however, remain unimpressed with her, or anyone that grandstands in this manner.

As for this girl's story...I'll wait and see what the DNA evidence suggests.