NC - Two Duke Lacrosse Players Indicted

[Wudge]

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"The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a woman at a team party said during a court hearing Friday that he still hasn't interviewed the accuser about the facts of the case.

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I have often cited the use of "willful blindness" by NC prosecutors in obtaining both indictments and convictions. This is simply more fruit out of the same putrid bushel basket that Nifong has utilized from day one.

 

[Sherlockmom]

Black Duke Lacrosse Player Says Race Has Played Issue in Alleged Rape Case

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

The only black player on the Duke University men's lacrosse team has come forward amid a rape investigation, saying that his three white teammates who have been accused of raping a stripper have been stereotyped by class and skin color.

"It's almost a reversal,'' Devon Sherwood, 19, said in an interview Tuesday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America," adding that it's been assumed by many in Durham that the players' parents are going to just use their money to hire hot-shot lawyers to get them out of their predicament.

"It's just been all the stereotypes... I've even been stereotyped for being rich, being on full scholarship, [being] not in touch with my own black community at Duke... It's terrible to find yourself being stereotyped," Sherwood continued. "And you're like, 'Hold on, this couldn't be much further from the truth … It's just amazing that the things you see and that [were] going on in this case and how the reversal from black stereotype to now rich white, privileged stereotype.''

Read the rest here:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226532,00.html

 

[Sherlockmom]

>DURHAM - Days before a woman said Duke University lacrosse players raped and beat her, she was passed out cold at a Hillsborough strip club and had to be carried to the parking lot, according to the club's former manager. In that gravel parking lot on the night of March 11, the four people carrying the woman accidentally dropped her, said Yolanda Haynes, the club's former manager.

Haynes' account of that night at the club offers a possible explanation for the scratches doctors would later note on the accuser's body. The story adds potential ammunition for the lacrosse players' lawyers who say the allegations of rape are lies. The account also describes behavior, including incoherence and unconsciousness, that is consistent with how the woman was acting the night of the lacrosse party. <

Article goes on to say that this is what could of caused the scrapes observed on her body and a co-worker also stated that the accuser had problems with other dancers and customers that sometimes caused her problems making money.

More:

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/510272.html

 

[Sally]

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong moved Friday to drop rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players.Nifong's investigator interviewed the woman Thursday, and she told the investigator that she couldn't "testify with certainty" that she was raped.

Prosecutors said they couldn't proceed without her testimony, so they decided to dismiss the rape charges in the case.

Nifong said he plans to proceed with kidnapping and sexual assault charges against the three players.

What the heck? He drops rape charges but still pursues sexual assault? :waitasec:
http://www.wral.com/

 

[MrsMush99]

Well, it's about time.

 

[Jeana (DP)]

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

 

[Sally]

Jeana, can you tell me the difference between rape and sexual assault? I was excited about this news until I read that part.

 

[wufdude]

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are currently boarding a plane to fly to Durham in protest....

 

[MrsMush99]

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are currently boarding a plane to fly to Durham in protest....

Are they are really? Or are you just joking? Big Al should hush his mouth after the Tawana Brawley fiasco. Has he not learned his lesson yet??

 

[LaMer]

Jeana, can you tell me the difference between rape and sexual assault? I was excited about this news until I read that part.

Sally, "Touching in a sexual way, without rape", according to interview, Meghan Kendall, FOXNEWS.

 

[MrsMush99]

They are going to be charged with Kidnapping. Unbelieveable!!!!!

 

[Dr. Doogie]

Sally, "Touching in a sexual way, without rape", according to interview, Meghan Kendall, FOXNEWS.

Touching in a sexual way without rape? I think they call that a "lap dance"!?! :waitasec: What next, charge them with sexual harrassment because they "leered at her" while she was doing a strip tease?

 

[Ca-Sun]

What the heck? He drops rape charges but still pursues sexual assault? :waitasec:
http://www.wral.com/

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sexual assault includes "inappropriate touching of the buttocks, vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, sexual intercourse that [one says] no to, rape, attempted rape, [and] child molestation.

 

[Nocgirl]

In order for it to be any type of sexual assault, she has to have NOT consensted to it and told them no. I still do not see how prosecutors have proof that it was not consensual. Who's baby is this stripper carrying? A single mom working as a stripper, pregnant again, she sounds like a first class citizen to me. :banghead:

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Jeana, can you tell me the difference between rape and sexual assault? I was excited about this news until I read that part.

Sally, here's a link that gives a pretty comprehensive overview of the two:


http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/sa.shtml

I hope it helps.

 

[Wudge]

Sally, here's a link that gives a pretty comprehensive overview of the two:


http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/sa.shtml

I hope it helps.

As we discussed on other threads associated with this case, my belief is that NC prosecutors are the most tenacious in the nation. Fortunately, the case is proceeding as we anticipated.

 

[William N]

Nifong seems to finally have adjusted his strategy relating to the absence of DNA evidence linking the suspects to the accuser. Also, the new charges require less evidence. The judge in the upcoming hearing in February may not be as inclined to throw out the charges. Nifong would then get a trial, his goal all along.

Stuart Taylor, a man far more knowledgeable than I, thinks the case will be thrown out. I saw him say this on Court TV and I hope Mr. Taylor is right.

 

[kgeaux]

Nifong seems to finally have adjusted his strategy relating to the absence of DNA evidence linking the suspects to the accuser. Also, the new charges require less evidence. The judge in the upcoming hearing in February may not be as inclined to throw out the charges. Nifong would then get a trial, his goal all along.

Stuart Taylor, a man far more knowledgeable than I, thinks the case will be thrown out. I saw him say this on Court TV and I hope Mr. Taylor is right.

I hope it gets thrown out, too, William. I really believe this "victim" isn't a victim at all, and that the Duke boys are being persecuted.

 

[cricket]

I honestly don't know what to think about this case. But in NC, rape is defined as vaginal penetration by a penis. The victim is now apparently saying that she can't say for sure that she was penetrated.

 

[Sally]

Sally, here's a link that gives a pretty comprehensive overview of the two:


http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/sa.shtml

I hope it helps.

Thank you!