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Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case
Brietbart ^ | 22-Dec-06 | AARON BEARD

Posted on 12/22/2006 10:31:19 AM PST by Jay777

Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges, a defense attorney said. Joseph Cheshire and attorneys for the other players have said for months the woman told several different versions of the alleged assault.

Cheshire said Friday that the accuser now says she does not know if she was penetrated, which he said led District Attorney Mike Nifong to dismiss the rape charges.

Nifong did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

The accuser, a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University, has said three men raped her in a bathroom at a March 13 team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper.

The players _ Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann _ all say they are innocent. Their attorneys have consistently said no sex occurred at the party and have cited a lack of DNA evidence in the case as proof of their clients' innocence.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; dukerapecase; nifong
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1 posted on 12/22/2006 10:31:21 AM PST by Jay777
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To: Jay777
Kidnapping, huh?

Really now.

2 posted on 12/22/2006 10:32:55 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: Jay777
Nifong needs to be prosecuted.
3 posted on 12/22/2006 10:34:25 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Jay777

This guy just doesn't know when to quit.


4 posted on 12/22/2006 10:34:37 AM PST by sox_the_cat
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To: Jay777

About freaking time!


5 posted on 12/22/2006 10:34:56 AM PST by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: Jay777

Tawana Brawley alert


6 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:04 AM PST by samtheman (The Democrats are the DhimmiGods of the New Religion of PC)
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To: Jay777

The DA in this case should be dis-barred and put in jail


7 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:14 AM PST by dcowboy
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To: The KG9 Kid

The remaining charges will no doubt be dropped too. This whole case was beyond pathetic. Mr. Nifong should be removed from office and disbarred.


8 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:32 AM PST by Menehune56 (Oderint Dum Metuant (Let them hate, so long as they fear - Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)))
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To: Jay777

Bogus charges to begin with....

But the whole scenario played into the prejudices of the local voters, and managed to use class warfare as an election strategy.

Nifong was a hopeless panderer, and he made it pay off.

This time.


9 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:38 AM PST by alloysteel (A battle cry of the Crusaders: "Denique caelum!" (Latin, "Heaven at last!))
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To: Jay777

time for these kids to sue...


10 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:45 AM PST by stylin19a ("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
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To: Jay777
...but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges, a defense attorney said.

Give me a ****ing break! These guys are going to have their lives ruined by some lying bitch and a dick of a prosecutor and she'll get money from Jesse Jackass and Nifong will get to continue his term. I hope that the families of these guys sue and win a large amount of money.

11 posted on 12/22/2006 10:35:47 AM PST by MichiganConservative (Government IS the problem.)
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To: Jay777

Nifong is vermin, pure and simple. He should spend the next twenty years in the big house with his former clients, for his crimes.


12 posted on 12/22/2006 10:36:05 AM PST by Agent Smith (Fallujah delenda est. (I wish))
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To: Jay777
THis just sealed the case for the defense if it ever even makes it to trial. I can't imagine any judge letting it get that far.

The defnedent has changed her story so many times, that she has become a totally unreliable witness, and her testimony is the ONLY shred of evidence Nifong has at all.

13 posted on 12/22/2006 10:36:49 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And after a successful prosecution, he needs to be tarred and feathered. Oh, and disbarred live on all networks.


14 posted on 12/22/2006 10:37:06 AM PST by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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To: Jay777
The "Accuser" as her own Wikipedia page. How pathetic is that?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Gail_Mangum
15 posted on 12/22/2006 10:37:18 AM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: commish

DUH defnedent of course means the accuser... must lrntoproofread.


16 posted on 12/22/2006 10:37:28 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
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To: Jay777

Michael Savage will go absolutely wild with this tonight.


17 posted on 12/22/2006 10:38:06 AM PST by PeterFinn (B’fhearr Gaeilge briste na Béarla cliste.)
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To: Jay777
Kidnapping???

She came to the house of her own free will.
She left the house of her own free will.
She left the house when she wanted to leave.

This must be part of some legal game, because nothing even resembling kidnapping was alleged to have taken place.
18 posted on 12/22/2006 10:39:19 AM PST by kidd
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To: Jay777

What a sham.

Nifong is trying to milk it for all its worth, and only dropping the rape charges because he knows the jig is up.

But he'll be damned if he lets them off completely (and consequently admits he is totally wrong about his lying slut). He'll try to save face by continuing to pursue "sexual harrassment".


19 posted on 12/22/2006 10:40:48 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: kidd

It's a political game.

He's trying to save face by tacitly not admitting that nothing happened.

He had to give into the obvious that no rape happened. But doesn't want to give up totally.


20 posted on 12/22/2006 10:41:45 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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