Posted on 01/02/2007 5:00:04 PM PST by aculeus
There are four victims of District Attorney Mike Nifong’s twisted tactics in the Duke Lacrosse case.
The first three, of course, are the young men who never would have been charged with anything had Nifong adhered to the standard practices in his own office. With luck, they will ultimately be exonerated, and be able to move on with their lives, albeit after having endured a chapter in hell.
The fourth victim is unlikely to be so lucky; she will not be exonerated at trial, and she will not be able to move on with her life. She will be destroyed by this case, and while she is partly to blame for that herself, the other part of the blame rests squarely on Mike Nifong’s shoulders.
The woman is a liar. That is the English translation of the latest round of maneuvers, in which the prosecution dismissed the rape charges because the woman could no longer say, as she once did, that she had intercourse with three men at the party. In other words, she lied when she said she did.
The challenge for defense attorneys, in dealing with a woman who can’t remember whether she had intercourse with three men on a day when she must have had it with two others (to judge from the DNA on her body and underwear), is not to hit so hard that you provoke sympathy.
If she can’t remember now, how come she was so sure then?
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Of course, really. Haven't you been following the story?
This came out at the last hearing. It was confirmed again just a few minutes ago by Meghan Kendall Kelly on Fox News.
I do not have an ounce of sympathy for that lying witch. She's no victim and this is not the first time she falsely accused three men of raping her.
Where was Susan when Nifong was spewing about lynchings and hooligans to all that would listen.
How 'bout some contrition for earlier damning of the players... or the stark silence in the matter.
Actually it is more likely that the police and the DA got a tidbit from her making an excuse for the condition she was in and the place she was in and pushed her so that she felt she had to come up with more tales to support her original excuse. I am sure they were telling her how noble she would be to go public with these heinous acts against her, how good it would be for her community, and how hard it would go with her if she recanted the first thing she had said. They did their job. Nifong won his election. He is a Democrat. Anything is Good if it leads to power. The police have probably heard ad lib charges from the likes of this woman many times and a few questions showed there is nothing there but all those other times Nifong wasn't running for election and needing high turnout in the black community. If Nifong successfully retains his position now, his campaign methods will become part of the Democrats' playbook.
By the way, NONE of those 5 men's DNA were from the accuser's boyfriend. Now what does that tell you?
The president of the university is a liberal and the situation so fit his assumptions that he just knew that such a chance to prove his and the university's rectitude and liberal credentials must be seized. It does not show him a coward at all. A cowardly liberal is one that fears to grab such an opportunity and run with it because he fears the publicity.
Was that in the article? If so, I missed it...
Himself. Obviously. "Maybe" reelection was all he cared about? "Maybe"?!?
Otherwise, Prof. Estrich gets it ... almost.
She doesn't say this, but it's implicit in her article, that the woman should get away with making these most injurious accusations. Estrich treats the accuser as a victim of ... the DA. Talk about feminist double-think!
Look, these are not charges that will disappear once the case is dropped. The charges will follow these young men around as long as there are fellow-travellers like Prof. Estrich to point and whisper that they were let go on a "technicality".
The only just thing to do is to charge and try this woman; who if (ha!) convicted, should face the harshest penalties allowed.
And imprison Nifong for corruption and malfeasance. That too.
I know what you mean. That woman's face is about as appealing as the face on an iodine bottle.
That his 'ho/stripper girlfriend is so disgusting he has to "outsource" his romantic duties....? ;^)
Well, except she is saying that the 'victim' is the true victim. Sorry, I don't buy that. It's just feminazi logic, is it not? And she doesn't have to take responsibility for the lying because HE is now responsible? He was responsible for protecting her from HER lying?
That probably is not in the job description for DA.
Nifong should be prosecuted or, if I had my way, hanged. This woman has irrefutably 'damaged her reputation' which she actually had been working really hard to damage for some time, if I am not mistaken.
And the young men, truly victims of malice and treachery, should be given full scholarships by Duke; plus an apology; plus what? I would be furious if I were their parents. "Innocent until proven guilty" is the law of this land, and the University President, Nifong, the press and any number of others totally blew this off. Disgusting.
"Would that really be dear to Susan's heart in this case?"
Well, I think that actual victims' interests would be. I would think she would be offended by someone like the Duke stripper/whore, who could make it that much more difficult for people who are truly victims of rape, as far as credibility. Basically, the liars are hurting the overall cause of the (real) rape victims. I don't know how well I'm making my point - ?
And you don't see it for good reason. Estrich sees the obvious conclusion and then heads off in the other direction. The woman is no victim. She's a bold faced liar getting whats coming to her.
"Was that in the article? If so, I missed it..."
No, I was bringing information in that I knew of previously. It seemed relevant to me, because normally one would expect Susan E. to side with the woman, but in this case, all things aren't equal.
There Are Five Victims In This Case!....The American Voter is also a VICTIM!
"...and while she is partly to blame..."
Partly?! WTF? If she hadn't gone running to the cops with false charges - the Duke lacrosse team would have been able to finish the season and 3 young mens lives would not have been ruined. Partly my ass.
All feminists claim to have been victims of rape or "abuse" It is a part of the religion.
As much as I detest Nifong, he didn't make this woman a victim. She did that to herself. Zero sympathy here for the "veteran/student/single-mom-trying-to-make-a-living."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.