Arrests made in Duke lacrosse case

News & Observer ^ | Apr 18, 2006 | Anne Blythe and Benjamin Niolet

[Mad-Margaret]

I liked that Nancy had a criminal defense attorney named Stacy as a talking head. This woman was booted off The Apprentice a few weeks ago. Remember? She was the one who was afraid of Brent!

(No one is gonna admit to watching The Apprentice.)

[pinz-n-needlez]

Not at all, just proves that you are a complex woman and no one would be wise to mess with you. :-)

You and Howlin should be charging folks for the legal tutorials you both provide on these threads. Can't wait 'til the Live Threads for CSI begin... lol

Pinz

[JeffAtlanta]

$2000 stolen? was listed on the search warrant....see it at Smokinggun.com

Any word on what she was doing carrying around $2,000? There's certainly nothing wrong with carrying around sums of cash but she is supposed to be a poor college student just making ends meet. People with $70,000 don't carry around $2,000 on their person very often.

[mystery-ak]

And it doesn't make any sense at ALL to drug only one of them.



Exactly.....why was Chrystal just singled out, why not both....this makes no sense...

[maggief]

I think that's how it played out too and will only add it's possible she was raped or beaten by her bf before the party started, since she showed up bruised and missing nails.

Maybe she had another 'appointment' prior to the party.

[bwteim]

bizarro it is.

[connectthedots]

Also, why was the accuser smiling and talking on a cell phone as she left the house but shortly after that, Kim says she couldn't even talk in the car?

Because the date-rape drug that lasts 4-5 hours wore off in under 30 minutes.

[JeffAtlanta]

People with $70,000 don't carry around $2,000 on their person very often.

Oops, should say "even people with $70,000 incomes don't usually carry around $2,000 in their purse - it's too easily lost or stolen."

[toldyou]

It's hard to even watch Murphy, but I do so I can see the defense attorney make a fool of her. But she still sits there with that smirk on her face, shaking her head in disbelief that someone has an opinion that differs from hers.

[Carling]

The more I think about it, the more Nifong's actions have actually made sense since he stopped showboating for the media.

Think about this. He has a woman who showed physical signs of sexual activity alleging rape. The black community is enraged and demands justice. Nifong, however, obviously rushed to judgment initially, but he has now stopped talking about the case. In the meantime, the alleged victim still stands by her claim, so Nifong is forced into action.

This is where it gets good. Crystal (alleged victim) ID's two suspects at a "100%" level. Nifong takes this and the medical report to the grand jury. The grand jury has no choice but to indict in this instance. Now the onus is on Nifong to try the case, and if Crystal was incorrect on her "100%" ID, and if the defense has proof of them not being there at the time of the "crime", this case unravels and Nifong either has to drop it or get Crystal to change her story (AGAIN).

The end result is this. If the defense has the alibi they say they have, Crystal will be the one vilified, not Nifong. This is why presenting the "evidence" to the grand jury was actually a decent idea by Nifong.

[Peach]

I'm not a lawyer but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn. And watch cop shows. LOL

[Carling]

Thanks Jeff.

[Peach]

She was a half hour late getting to the party so where was she and who dropped her off? I'm sure the defense already knows the answers but we want to know too and we want to know now :-)

[TheSpottedOwl]

I wonder if he didn't look at them because he knew they couldn't be admitted as evidence. Why not, I don't know. Just a thought.

Why couldn't they be admitted as evidence? Maybe he didn't want to look at them because he knew it would blow his bid for reelection rear out of the water.

Btw, when this story broke, I wasted no time in calling the guys, "filthy little pigs". It helps not to jump to conclusions.

[BossLady]

And.....If the "alledged perp" robbed her of $2000 why would he need to go to the ATM to pay for his food? LOL!

[Peach]

That's what some freepers seem to think we're supposed to believe, isn't it. You put it very well.

[JeffAtlanta]

And.....If the "alledged perp" robbed her of $2000 why would he need to go to the ATM to pay for his food? LOL!

LOL - obviously a staged alibi. Either that or he was making a $2,000 deposit at the ATM.

[Locomotive Breath]

No one knows. I've been trying to figure that one out vis-a-vis the delay in getting the search warrant.

[maggief]

Yeah, and the defense attorney hints to it here ...

CHESHIRE: Paula, well, first of all, let me say this for a living -- let me say this about what this woman does for a living.

Anybody that knows what she does for a living and the reality of what she does for a living knows that she could have received those injuries any time before 12:00 that evening. Now, as -- as this trial goes on, we will be able to discover exactly where she is. But the fact that she may have had sex with somebody after 6:00 or before 6:00 would mean, if she went to the hospital, they would show that she had -- quote -- "injuries," which is a word I don't like, but a medical condition, or things in her body, consistent with the fact that she may have had sex with somebody.

(snip)

ZAHN: So, you can't clarify for us tonight what you think that motivation is, based on the research you have done in her background?

CHESHIRE: No.

And -- and I wouldn't do that. It would be wrong for me to do that at this point in time. We haven't tried to try this case in the public opinion. We have just said that these boys are not guilty, in response to what the prosecutor has done. But those things will come out in court. And, when the public sees her cross-examination, and sees her answers, and finds out about that motivation, it will prove what we have been saying all along. And that is that no rape happened in that house.


http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/17/pzn.01.html

[Mad-Margaret]

[i]The more I think about it, the more Nifong's actions have actually made sense since he stopped showboating for the media.[/i]

But his 70-plus interviews didn't come to an end until the DNA test results -- which would according to Nifong identify the three rapists -- didn't show a match!

Then he clammed up.... Well, other than going to those candidate forums.

This is Bonfire of the Vanities meets I am Charlotte Simmons.