OK, I couldn't find a pick of Garrett Morris in drag, but will you settle for an image of the late, but very great Flip Wilson?
Posted on 04/11/2007 7:46:54 AM PDT by Howlin
RALEIGH, N.C. — Three members of Duke University's lacrosse team could learn Wednesday whether state prosecutors will drop the remaining charges accusing them of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party more than a year ago.
"I think it's likely that they will do that," said Wade Smith, an attorney for charged player Collin Finnerty. "We certainly hope that would be true. But until we hear it, we're not going to acknowledge that's the truth. We'll wait and see."
The state Attorney General's Office has scheduled a 2:30 p.m. news conference to discuss the case. It is unclear whether Attorney General Roy Cooper will be at the news conference at the RBC Center, which can accommodate the crush of national media interested in the case.
The Associated Press, citing sources close to the investigation, reported Wednesday morning that all charges would be dropped in the case.
The Attorney General's Office took over the case in January after Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong was charged with several ethics violations tied to his handling of the sensational case.
No notice of dismissal had been filed at the Durham County Courthouse by early Wednesday. But a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office told WRAL that the investigation into the case has been completed.
"We are relieved that this day has come,” Smith told WRAL. “There will not be a celebration because this has been a train wreck.”
The families of Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and David Evans arrived in Raleigh Tuesday. Officials told WRAL that the three lacrosse players would be present once a decision had been made as to how the prosecution would proceed with the case.
A grand jury indicted the three players on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense last spring after a woman told police she was assaulted at a March 2006 team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. All three have steadfastly maintained their innocence, with Evans calling the allegations "fantastic lies."
Nifong dropped the rape charges in December after the accuser changed a key detail in her story. He recused himself a few weeks later after the state bar charged him with violating several rules of professional conduct.
Among the ethics charges, Nifong is accused of withholding potentially exculpatory DNA evidence from the defense and lying to both the court and bar investigators. Nifong faces a June trial before the bar and could be disbarred if convicted.
Nifong faces a Friday afternoon hearing in the ethics case, and he spent Wednesday morning with his attorney in Winston-Salem.
Nifong's recusal put the players' fate in the hands of Cooper, who promised "a fresh and thorough review of the facts" when he took over the case in January.
Smith said the players, their families and the defense attorneys were pleased that the special prosecutors took over the case, saying they brought "sanity to this situation."
“The special prosecutors have looked under every rock, and they have searched for evidence in places even the defense did not,” he told WRAL.
While Evans graduated the day before he was indicted in May, Duke temporarily suspended sophomores Finnerty and Seligmann in the wake of their arrest. Finnerty was also convicted in July in an unrelated assault case in Washington, D.C., and sentenced to six months of probation.
Finnerty and Seligmann were both invited to return to campus, but neither has accepted. John Danowski, the former coach at Hofstra who took over the Duke program last summer, has also said that both are welcome to continue their lacrosse careers with the Blue Devils
OK, I couldn't find a pick of Garrett Morris in drag, but will you settle for an image of the late, but very great Flip Wilson?
Just damn. Went searching for it but didn’t see it. E-mailed you, but didn’t see a response.
Live link:
http://foxnews-foxstream.wm.llnwd.net/foxnews_foxstream
Okay, who’s going to do the live feed to those of us held captive by jobs? I’ll need to check in from time to time to see what was said. I can’t get anything on the ‘puter except stuff that was filmed last night or this morning.
yep,she said it all and I was some pissed when FOX hired her.........
Want to see if the mods will bump to “Breaking”?
Never mind, it’s already on “Front Page”
(Pay attention, Dave)
Ping.
Public EXCLUDED from NC news conference!
http://z9.invisionfree.com/LieStoppers_Board/index.php?showtopic=2885
Locomotive Breath Posted: Apr 11 2007, 01:25 PM
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I just got back.
21,000 seats paid for by me, an AG paid for by me, and they wouldn’t let us in. MEDIA ONLY. I guess they’re tired of these independent reports.
Saw Beth Brewer and ~J~ and stood outside in the rain with them for a little while. DANOWSKI was not admitted. Didn’t see the 3 families.
cedar dave,Ive been here for years under two names and do not know what that means “take it to breaking”
I have “latest posts as my navigation.what am I missing
TIA
There are a few spare seats in the conference room.
Do you have the live feed?
Configure your sidebar for those news items you want to see.
Go here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/my/subscriptions
30 seconds!
Two minute warning just given...
TWO MINUTE WARNING!!
Does anyone think that the ho will be charged with anything?
Thanks,abb! And thanks to Locomotive Breath for trying to get in to cover this for us. Excluding the public is just outrageous!
I’ve been flipping back and forth between FR and LS all morning.
Two minute warning.
I think we’re going to be disappointed in the reasoning.
Here we go...
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