Posted on 12/13/2006 1:36:38 PM PST by Howlin
A private laboratory hired by the prosecution in the Duke lacrosse case failed to report that it found DNA from multiple males in the accuser's body and underwear, according to a defense motion filed today. The lab, DNA Security of Burlington, found that the DNA did not match the three defendants, their lacrosse teammates or anyone else who submitted their DNA to police, including the accuser's boyfriend.
The new evidence emerged in thousands of documents handed over to the defense in October.
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And when the baby DNA tests negative for Duke lax player paternity they'll say that it's meaningless.
That's impossible.
And she's had the baby in the last 24 hours or so.
I know this is too rational to count with some folks (like some jurors?) but a JUDGE would certainly know that paternity is easily established (or ruled out). Can't imagine one allowing such a travesty (jury to convict almost solely because she claimes rape and now has given birth 9 mos later) to play out in his/her court, but maybe you think some NC judges would be capable of that?? Funny thing, though, the whole world will be watching...
Thank you. I just finished reading all of it. Unless this judge is also corrupt, I see no reason as to why this case should not be dismissed by him.
I'd like to know WHEN Greta interviewed Jakki and why she withheld that fact of the accuser's pregnancy.
Nifong will have to do everything he can to make the accuser sympathetic and credible and he will need to exploit every racial, class, or economic bias that Jury pool would likely have against the Affluent, white, college students. If the judge does not throw the case out Nifong may succeed and get a conviction.
Jeanine Pirro (sp?) was great! Really nailed the highpoints on DA misconduct. Predicts judge will throw out ID lineup.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
I used one of those reverse pregnancy calculators, when you know the due/delivery date but not the conception date... I put in Dec 12th for delivery date, and came up with March 21 for likely conception date, only a week after the party.
Plan-B isn't fail-safe (especially if she didn't even take it?), and Nifong may have been hiding her in a safe house somewhere waiting for the birth to hopefully prove paternity with one of the players. They better compare the baby's DNA with ALL the DNA we just found out about. (creepy!!!)
Oh my! I pray for that child's well-being!
The baby-
Maybe this is Nifong's way out.
The father- Brian? Patrick B.?
I don't know. If they administered a pregnancy test (which is supposed to be standard procedure) and she was NOT pregnant, then I don't see how she can sue for support. That being said, with the birth coming 9 months later (to the date of the party [give or take for third delivery, but that should have only made labor shorter, not gestation]), this is going to look suspicious to those who believe the rape occurred. I'm more concerned that the boys are exonerated of all suspicion. I guess that's just my paranoia.
Can they do that? Can he actually test the boys' DNA for this without their permission?
I am horrified at this.
Long ago, like 3 or 4 hundred years ago, female prisoners would "plead on my belly", to put off hangings. Since this is not such a case, her being preggers doesn't count for anything.
OMG.......don't EVER do that again!
Thanks...so do I. :-)
That's an excellent question. The DNA may have originally been obtained to compare with "evidence from the accuser's body and person"... I wonder if they can say the baby is evidence, and if they will need a new order to use their DNA samples for paternity testing not just "rape" testing?
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