Posted on 04/18/2006 3:26:57 AM PDT by Mad-Margaret
No. It is not.
Have you ever been raped? I haven't. But I can imagine two opposite responses. Some women might shut down and not have sex with anyone. Other women might start to act promiscous.
What man calls a gigantic press conference and trumpets the fact that he has never cheated on his wife, and especially not with a specific woman, if she's accusing him of rape, but he actually had consensual sex with her? Which is a better gift for covering up for your husband: a $2 million ring, or a Senate seat?
The DA has the unrestricted authority to charge her with Perjury though. He's not going to do that. She's his girl.
She will be a celebrity by the time it's over.
You also have to factor the Durham demographics. The DA is serving those people (or pandering to them). There's no way the political climate will allow for him to charge her with anything.
Don't underestimate the emotion in the black community in this case (damn the facts). Listen to Ted Williams on Fox/Greta. Even documented alibis are coverups and the work of these young, evil geniuses.
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The key is the timing of the trial-sure to be aftr Nifong's election.
Howlin, any polls on Nifong's race?
Did Richard Jewell bring disgrace on the U.S. and the city of Atlanta?
The timing for such a gang-bang has already been left in tatters (outside the time she was driven by BF to hospital). Sooooo... is the defense going to suggest the two guys had hired her earlier, before the party?
Then, the D-Sheila Kuehl gang authored more "educational curriculum" to have "sensitivity classes" wherein the little boys and girls would learn they'd get their hearts cut out cold if they were ever heard using that word as an insult again. (the last part is my saracasm on the curriculum that ensued from the first one: both costing lots and lots of money).
"You can bet "DNA" will be brought up during a trial. What's the jury going to think when there is none? It's not like the DA can just ignore it..."
If I recall that is the same question asked by some in the Laci/Scott Peterson murder trial. There was absolutely no DNA evidence pointing to Scott as the murderer of his wife, but yet there was enough circumstancial evidence that he was convicted and got the death penalty.
So not all juries depend on DNA to convict.
Made me think of those "no nuke" signposts the libbies once thought would halt all nuclear bombers from entering their towns and cities.
You know what's next? A full press regalia.. with mayor and duke pres.. declaring durham... "A RAPE-FREE ZONE"!
From today's New York Times:
"We were actually hoping that she would pick names that we know were not at the party, and it would appear she did exactly that," said Kerry Sutton, the lawyer for a team captain who had leased the house where the woman was hired to dance at a March 13 party.
The law says a defendant must be able to face their accuser but I do not believe that means the "victim" must testify although it is difficult to have a case without one. In a criminal trial though, the state is technically the accuser. Obviously, murder victims can't testify and children have sometimes given testimony by videotape rather than in court.
CNN is reporting this NEW info
BOTH .. BOTH not just one player have Documents and witnesses to prove they were not there at the time the DA himself says the Rape occured.
Wow
And I bet she wouldn't say that if they didn't have the evidence down cold. This defense team has been impressive so far.
NIFong is going to be synonymous with IDIOT when this case is over.
Mark me' words!
I have this hunch, luthers_inkwell, that way too much "evidence" is going to be played upon the racial slurs. What else has defense got?
That's not accurate. Newsweek chose not to mention the visible bruises, probably because they're biased, but also probably because they didn't want to describe what she and the other woman were doing on the floor when Mangum was in a physical position where her bruises and open wound were visible.
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