Posted on 04/10/2006 6:06:40 PM PDT by Perdogg
DURHAM, N.C. Apr 10, 2006 (AP)— DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a stripper, attorneys for the athletes said Monday.
Citing DNA test results delivered by the state crime lab to police and prosecutors a few hours earlier, the attorneys said the test results prove their clients did not sexually assault and beat a stripper hired to perform at a March 13 team party.
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Not only the media! Others attending that school have demanded they be expelled, they have treated them like scum, they became judge and jury before any real evidence (one way or the other) surfaced. Particularly the feminist clubs on campus.
Yup, glad to see that innocent until proven guilty is still taught on campus.
But, then again, maybe they were taking a page from the Dimocrat playbook. You know, most Dims have already tried and convicted President Bush on a number of issues. And these are the LAWMAKERS of the land becoming judge and jury rather than letting the legal process work.
So, I guess we should not be too hard on the campus groups.
Ah, screw it! Those groups should be expelled!!
And Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead......
Nope. It sounds like "little miss wonderful" saw what she perceived to be a bunch of rich boys and decided to get a few million out of them. Extortion, intimidation?? Whatever, it didn't work. I'll bet you that she will still file a civil action and hope the "boys" will pay off to get it over with. Pathetic.
In a case such as this, is it SOP for the authorities or the DA to try to eliminate other causes/sources for injuries or does tunnel vision rule the day?
Would the defense attorney have shown the DA the photos prior to releasing the info to the public? Just trying to get a sense of how this works.
My first guess as to the source of her injuries would be a pimp, a john (if she is a hooker) or a dealer.
Actually we have three choices: C. Believe the evidence (or lack thereof).
Ya know, The first thing that came to my mind was the Emmett Smith incident.
The Lawyers for the players are UNC grads! GO HEELS! BEAT DOOK!
Has the D.A. gotten a DNA sample from Duke President Brodhead? At this point he's as likely to be the perp as any member of the ill-fated lacrosse team.
No, actually it is the exact opposite of the Kobe Bryant scandal. In that case the girl was actually raped, but the legal system and the media immediately put up the "nuts and sluts" defense e.g. "why was she even in his room",etc. Eventually, the accuser gave up and took a settlement. In this case, the accuser is a hooker with a criminal record and the system/media immediately took her side even though we all know that a rape did not occur. It is, quite simply, a racial issue. Kobe got a bye and the Duke lacrosse team did not. Do you think the coach will be reinstated? I think not. Do you think the season will be reinstated? I think not. Did Kobe miss a game? I think not.
Imagine that lineup of attorneys who spoke to him tonight sitting on the other side of the courtroom from this doofus.
They will pulverize him.
And where do you think he's going to discuss the case tomorrow? Why, he's going right over to NCCU to have a news conference.
Pandering at its worst!
I think they need to get DNA samples from every male she knows and every male in Durham. Let's not leave any male stones unturned. Everyone is a suspect, turn in your passports and don't leave town without telling the police.
"Those DNA tests don't mean Jack. I'm going to keep on fighting for the sister. I believer herrrrrrrrrr." (Standing ovation from his voter base.)
Let's tune in tomorrow and see the wanabe re-elected doofus say words to this effect.
I don't think he had time; he gave over 70 interviews!
BTW, the email was taken out of context; evidently it has something to do with a cult movie, American Psyhco, and it was one of several emails that some of the players exchanged among themselves.
My money is on dealer, since the DNA analysis showed that she did have sex with anyone for several weeks. She was probably high, not drunk (hence the security guard perceiving her as intoxicated but not smelling alcohol) and she needed to explain to her family? or her boyfriend? how she got these injuries that night. I bet she has had a drug problem for a while.
Yow! 70 interviews? The guy likes the camera and microphone, doesn't he?
If doofus had ANY brains at all he would immediately clam up and put a gag order on his staff, and quietly drop the case at some future date.
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