Free Republic

[snip] "We are conducting an independent investigation, and we intend to enter the campus and interview lacrosse players," Shabazz said Thursday. "We seek to ensure an adequate, strong and vigorous prosecution." Duke is a private institution, and its campus is private property. Shabazz said he has not sought permission to enter but that his group has "received no word that we are not welcome." John Burness, Duke's vice president for public affairs and community relations, said Thursday that the university will allow a controlled march on campus, as long as the New Black Panthers follow specific rules. "As an institution...

Twyana Davis has been living a 10-year-old lie, but is expected to make it right Friday with a guilty plea to rape. "She's at peace with her decision and it will probably be a blessing in disguise," Davis' attorney, Byron Potts, said yesterday. Davis, now 30, has admitted that her 10-year-old daughter was born of a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old cousin. For years, Davis had said she was raped at a party. Her revelations mean Davis was illegally having sex with a minor. Her daughter's DNA has since been matched to the cousin, now a 23-year-old inmate serving time...

DURHAM -- An official with the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense said the black nationalist organization is providing security for the woman who has accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her. And the organization is distributing recruitment brochures with information about a rally planned near the Duke campus for Monday. The brochures ask, "Had enough of disrespect and racism from Duke University?" The materials contain photographs of Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, the two white lacrosse players indicted and charged with raping a black exotic dancer at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. the night of March 13-14. "We'll do...

Mark Sanchez, Southern California's backup quarterback, was arrested Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting a female student, police said. Sanchez, 19, was arrested around 4 p.m. just north of campus and was being booked for investigation of sexual assault, police Officer Jason Lee said. "The alleged assault occurred earlier today," Lee said. The USC student reported it to police but no other details were immediately available

USC quarterback Mark Sanchez was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. L.A.P.D. Officer Jason Lee says Sanchez was taken into custody around 4 p.m. Wednesday. He's accused of sexually assaulting a female student. Sanchez is listed on the Trojans' depth chart as the backup to John David Booty, but is expected to battle for the starting job this fall. Booty practiced only once this spring before he injured his back and had to undergo surgery. Sanchez played the recent spring scrimmage and has been practicing with the first unit. He will be a redshirt freshman this coming season.

I am looking for a source that explains why Judge Greer disallowed all of the evidence presented to contradict Micheal Schivo's claim about "Terri's wish". From what I gather, since no evidence was admitted to the contrary, Micheal Shivo's claim about "Terri's wish" was technically unchallenged. Judge Greer's own words would be nice.

EAGLE, Colo. - A courtroom apology from the judge in the Kobe Bryant rape case for mistakes that included revealing the accuser's name was described by the woman's lawyer as "self-serving" and "insulting." At a hearing Friday, District Judge Terry Ruckriegle told the woman's parents that he is treating the gaffes — among them putting her name on the Internet twice — as a learning experience. The accuser's lawyer, John Clune, wasn't at the hearing but later said the judge's "self-serving generic apology was insulting to the victim and her parents." Clune said Ruckriegle should have personally contacted his client...

By MARGARET WENTE From Tuesday's Globe and Mail In 1987, Anita and Dale Klassen welcomed three foster children into their home — Michael Ross, 7, and his five-year-old twin sisters, Michelle and Kathy. Their birth parents were deaf, alcoholic and dysfunctional, and all three children had been sexually abused. They had severe behavioural and emotional problems. Michael was the worst. He had to be kept under constant supervision to prevent him from abusing his sisters. He would sexually assault other kids whenever he was left alone with them. The Klassens treated their foster children as their own, but Michael proved...

October 15, 2002 U. S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 To The Honorable Fortney Pete Stark: On July 14 this past Summer my wife and I, under great “stress” from being blessed with two healthy and beautiful children Nicolette, 2 1/2, and Elanor, 1 year old, as well the ever increasing challenge of making ends meet in today's California and indeed these United States... we entered into a shouting match that climaxed with her crossing the line and attacking me with several blows to the back and side of my head. I got up from my reading position and...