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Arrests made in Duke lacrosse case
News & Observer ^ | Apr 18, 2006 | Anne Blythe and Benjamin Niolet

Posted on 04/18/2006 3:26:57 AM PDT by Mad-Margaret

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To: OakOak

Matt is clear.


1,601 posted on 04/18/2006 1:53:01 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Peach

I agree, she should but she can't because it didn't happen.

She claimed rape vaginally, anally, and orally while being held down by two, while the third did the damage I would assume.

All this in a tiny bathroom where it would be next to impossible to do it, and yet she smiled while on the phone as she was leaving. It just didn't happen.

This is about race and money -- and I think we all know that.


1,602 posted on 04/18/2006 1:53:34 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Peach; Howlin

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/13965.html

Exculpatory Evidence
April 18, 2006 03:27 PM EST



By Sher Zieve – Defense attorneys for the two Duke University students and lacrosse team members who were arrested for the purported rape of a 27-year old stripper said Tuesday that they may have evidence that proves one or neither of their clients was at the location at the time the alleged assault occurred. Durham prosecutor Mike Nifong has said that he still plans to arrest a third student.

Fox News reports that a source close to the case has said that time and date stamped credit card, ATM and/or taxi-cab receipts may place the students at a different location. A video-tape of the accuser is also said to exist, which ostensibly shows that the exotic dancer arrived at the “party” with bruises on her person.

Also, the initial tests of DNA taken from the male students and the accuser are said to have shown none of the team players’ DNA was on the alleged victim or any of her belongings.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192162,00.html






North Carolina v. Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann
Duke Lacrosse Players' Rape & Kidnapping Indictments
April 17, 2006


The rape, sexual assault, and kidnapping indictments issued by a North Carolina grand jury against Duke lacrosse players Colin Finnerty and Reade Seligmannn, charging them with felony crimes against an exotic dancer hired by players on the school’s lacrosse team.

Note: Partial redactions by FindLaw

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/duke/ncduke41706ind.html


1,603 posted on 04/18/2006 1:53:58 PM PDT by maggief
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To: ishabibble

Very true, and I'm sick of it. I've had enough.


1,604 posted on 04/18/2006 1:55:29 PM PDT by Jezebelle
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To: maggief

You are so good about providing links for these threads, Maggie. Thank you.


1,605 posted on 04/18/2006 1:55:32 PM PDT by Peach
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To: Carling
"I can see the DA saying that the red nail polish could be blood."

Now that would be stupid, considering how easy it will be to prove by scraping it and testing it... I can see this DA making a fool of himself on a daily basis.

1,606 posted on 04/18/2006 1:55:46 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: All

Hopefully these guys won't get reamed by a compromise verdict on charges such as kidnapping if the intelligent jurors can't convince a few freaks to fully acquit.


1,607 posted on 04/18/2006 1:56:26 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: Peach

I gotta do something ... I can't out type you. LOL


1,608 posted on 04/18/2006 1:56:36 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Howlin

Okay. but another Goof in the media. Mis-reporting the identity of a Rapist.

Thanks


1,609 posted on 04/18/2006 1:57:13 PM PDT by OakOak
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To: Peach; cyborg
If the three accused rapists per chance were cyborgs, their...er...ah..ahem...their..could very well have been an istrument.
1,610 posted on 04/18/2006 1:57:52 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (The tree never falls far from the apple.)
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To: maggief

LOL

I'll check in later to see what else is new.


1,611 posted on 04/18/2006 1:58:38 PM PDT by Peach
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To: F.J. Mitchell

There ya go! LOL


1,612 posted on 04/18/2006 1:58:49 PM PDT by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: JeffAtlanta

First off, hiring a stripper to come to a frat or sports house is bad news, especially, if she is coming without a bouncer or escort. Why do you think Strip Clubs are run the way they are? Underage drinking, drunk strippers, and being in an area you are not from is a recipe for disaster.

Second, you have underage drinking going on which is not something you want to bring attention to if you are a sports team. In this case, an arrest or charge for underage drinking, off campus, could lead to violations for scholarship money etc etc. Just stupid!

Third, any time you have different races and different mixes of people, and getting a "towney" you are just setting yourself up for trouble. These kids are targets, not only for the locals, but also for the cops. A girl like this could easily smell blood in the water and these kids should have recognized that. Acting in a way that invites attention to yourself, especially under these circumstances, is, again, just plain stupid.

That is to start. I don't think these guys did it, but they definately did not make it easier for them to show that they did not.


1,613 posted on 04/18/2006 1:59:35 PM PDT by chris1 (I)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

Instrument.


1,614 posted on 04/18/2006 1:59:59 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (The tree never falls far from the apple.)
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To: investigateworld

He's gone.


1,615 posted on 04/18/2006 2:01:23 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: All

Watching Abrams, I kept wishing they would all hush and let Galanter talk. Kerry Sutton seemed mealy-mouthed, as if afraid to offend Nifong. And as Abrams brought up the different ways the accuser's story has been challenged by emerging facts, Susan Filan piped up with, "That's why we have juries." If I were one of the parents, I would be very afraid.


1,616 posted on 04/18/2006 2:01:49 PM PDT by GAgal
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To: bigdcaldavis
Come on...Durham is a college town, which means it's chock full of far-left students and far-left professors, and I'm sure some of these far-lefties are also in the surrounding suburbs and rural areas. This DA just pandered to the far left with this modern-day lynching. REAL Americans believe in "innocent until proven guilty".

Actually, Duke is a relatively small private university and Durham is not a college town in the traditional sense. There are plenty of good old fashioned bubbas in Durham. Your description does fit UNC and Chapel Hill.

1,617 posted on 04/18/2006 2:01:56 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: TommyDale; Peach; All

Paper trail: receipts, CELL PHONE RECORDS, ATM picture and receipt, plus more.


1,618 posted on 04/18/2006 2:03:08 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: GAgal

Kerry Sutton has clients with their futures hanging in the balance with Nifong's decisions. IMO, that's why she was mealy mouthed. His decisions affect her daily.

I noticed that too.


1,619 posted on 04/18/2006 2:04:27 PM PDT by OakOak
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To: GAgal

- Eyewitness News and the ABC News law-and-justice unit are getting a chance to examine time-stamped photos taken inside the home on the night of the controversial Duke lacrosse party.


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The photos are believed to be authentic and taken by one of the students at the March 13 party. The time stamps on the photos appear to be accurate. Pictures of a wristwatch magnified for clarity correspond with the time on the photos. The players are sitting on three couches in a semicircle with the dancers in the middle.

11:02 p.m.: The first picture shows at least 10 students hanging out in a living room, apparently waiting for the dancers to arrive. Most of the students appear to be drinking. By the number of people in this photo, it appears only a fraction of the 47 lacrosse team members are there.

12 a.m.: This is the first picture of the strippers. Students are watching the show, but not grabbing or attempting to touch the women. Bruises are clearly visible on the legs and thighs of the alleged victim.

12:00:40 a.m.: Another picture taken 40 seconds later shows bruises on the accuser's knees. Her right knee appears to have an open cut.

12:03:57 p.m.: About four minutes after arriving, a picture shows the strippers leaving the room. The photo clearly shows that the alleged victim left behind one of her shoes.

Between 12:10 a.m. and 12:30 a.m.: No photos were taken between this time.

12:30:12 a.m.: The next photo shows the alleged victim on the back porch, carrying what appears to be her purse and a makeup bag. Her clothes are intact.

12:30:47 a.m.: A photo taken 30 seconds later shows the alleged victim on the porch and she appears to smile.

12:31:26 a.m.: But 30 seconds after that, a photo shows the alleged victim stumbling down the back steps of the house.

12:37:58 a.m.: A series of photos are taken, all showing the woman lying on her left side on the back porch, seemingly passed out or asleep. She had visible cuts on her legs and buttocks that did not appear in the previous photos.

The cuts may be from falling. The cuts on her buttocks line up with the edge of a screen door she may have hit on the way down.

12:41 a.m.: The final photo shows the accuser and the second dancer in a black car. The accuser is in the passengers seat.

Many of the photos taken on the back porch show pink splotches, which the defense says is undried nail polish. They claim the accuser was polishing her nails in the bathroom between 12:10 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. - - not being raped.


1,620 posted on 04/18/2006 2:05:27 PM PDT by Howlin
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