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Duke lax and accusations

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this country is so messed up If the media is involved .Your considered guilty until proved innocent. I understand somethings are really sad when you first hear about them but, her co/stipper said nothing to back up the others rape story when asked and that should have killed those charges. Wheres jesse jackson at now? He was making a huge deal at first so he must have have found out the truth by now
 
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Special Prosecutor Anyone?

That's the suggestion of a Duke Law Professor ..

Duke law prof. wants special prosecutor

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A special prosecutor should be named to handle the rape case against three Duke University lacrosse players, says the Duke law professor who led the school's investigation of the program.
James Coleman said Monday that statements by defense lawyers have caused him to question the impartiality of District Attorney Mike Nifong.
"I don't think he's showing detached judgment," Coleman said.
Nifong, who has been a prosecutor for more than 27 years, was criticized for speaking in public about the case before charges were filed. But since then, he has made almost no public statements about it.
He declined comment Monday on Coleman's suggestion, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported.
"I think any decent prosecutor in North Carolina could handle this case," Coleman said. "It's important to have somebody that people respect, someone who has no dog in the fight."
Coleman said he hasn't spoken to any lawyers in the case. Three Duke lacrosse players are accused of raping a dancer at an off-campus party on March 13.
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akronbuck said:
this country is so messed up If the media is involved .Your considered guilty until proved innocent. I understand somethings are really sad when you first hear about them but, her co/stipper said nothing to back up the others rape story when asked and that should have killed those charges. Wheres jesse jackson at now? He was making a huge deal at first so he must have have found out the truth by now
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Knowing that the accusation is baseless doesn't usually stop the race-baiters. Just look at the Tawana Brawley case.

the other kind of damage this causes is that when a rape truly does occur, people tend to think of the boy who cried "wolf" and the true crime gets ignored.
 
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Other dancer on 60 Minutes

Updated: Oct. 12, 2006, 3:00 PM ET
Report: Second Duke dancer contradicts accuser

In June, a second exotic dancer in the Duke University sexual assault case called the accuser's allegations a "crock." Now, she's going into detail.
In an interview set to air Sunday on "60 Minutes," Kim Roberts, who danced at the same party where the sexual assault allegedly took place and who goes by the stage name Nikki, directly contradicts a statement the accuser gave police.
"In the police statement, [the accuser] describes the rape in this way: 'Three guys grabbed Nikki.' That's you," correspondent Ed Bradley asked Roberts. "'Brett, Adam and Matt grabbed me. They separated us at the master bedroom door while we tried to hold on to each other. Bret, Adam and Matt took me into the bathroom.' Were you holding on to each other? Were you pulled apart?"
"Nope," Roberts replied, who added that she was hearing that account of events for the first time.
Roberts also denied that she had tried to help dress the accuser after the assault and said, "She obviously wasn't hurt ... because she was fine."
On June 8, lawyers for Reade Seligmann, 20, one of three team members charged in the case, filed court papers citing a statement from Roberts calling the accuser's allegations a "crock."
According to a March 20 statement written by a Durham police investigator, Roberts "stated that she heard that [the accuser] was sexually assaulted, which she stated is a 'crock' and she stated that she was with her the whole time until she left."
The defense lawyers argued that prosecutors omitted that statement when they got court permission in March to obtain photographs and DNA samples from team members.
Both women had been hired to perform at the party as exotic dancers.
In an April interview with The Associated Press, Roberts said she initially doubted the accuser's story but had changed her mind.
"I was not in the bathroom when it happened, so I can't say a rape occurred -- and I never will," Roberts said. But she added, "In all honesty, I think they're guilty."
The accuser has told police she was dragged into a bathroom and sexually assaulted, beaten and choked for a half-hour.
Also included in the June 8 filing were 23 pages of sealed medical records regarding a medical examination of the accuser. In their filing, defense lawyers said the examination showed only a small scratch on the accuser's knee, a cut on her heel and vaginal swelling.
The lawyers also said the accuser told a nurse who examined her that she was not choked and that no condoms were used by her attackers. Defense attorneys have said that DNA tests showed material recovered from the victim matched a single male source who was not a member of the lacrosse team.
Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., and two other players -- Dave Evans, 23, of Bethesda, Md., and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y. -- have been charged with first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping in the case.
The three men are free on $400,000 bail each. Their trial could begin in spring 2007.
Defense attorneys have said they believe Roberts changed her story to gain favorable treatment in a separate criminal case. She was arrested March 22 on a probation violation stemming from a 2001 conviction for embezzling $25,000 from a Durham employer.
In April, a judge agreed to drop a requirement that Roberts pay a 15 percent fee to a bonding agent to get out of jail, with district attorney Mike Nifong signing a document saying he did not oppose the change.
The papers filed June 8 also raised questions about the accuser's sexual activities in the days leading up to the party. A police statement says the accuser told him "she had not had sex a week prior to the incident" but that she did perform for a couple in a hotel room in which she danced and used a sex toy on herself.
The court papers included a five-page handwritten statement from a man who said he accompanied the accuser to three "appointments" at area hotels during the weekend prior to the team party. The man also told investigators he had sex with the accuser, though he said that took place more than a week before the party.
Defense attorneys have suggested that any evidence of sexual activity on the accuser's part may have resulted from encounters before the party, not an attack by team members.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2622829
 
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Just another revelation that the rape did not take place.....

DNA Tests Reportedly Clean Duke Players
Dec 13 3:55 PM US/Eastern
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By DAVID SCOTT
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C.



DNA testing conducted by a private lab in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser's body and her underwear _ but none from any team member, including the three charged with rape, according to a defense motion filed Wednesday.
The motion, signed by attorneys for defendants Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, complained that the information was not disclosed in a report on the testing prosecutors provided earlier this year to the defense.
"This is strong evidence of innocence in a case in which the accuser denied engaging in any sexual activity in the days before the alleged assault, told police she last had consensual sexual intercourse a week before the assault, and claimed that her attackers did not use condoms and ejaculated," the motion read.
In an interview, defense attorney Joseph Cheshire said the report's findings suggest the accuser had sex shortly before the March team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper. The woman has said three lacrosse team members gang-raped her in a bathroom at the party.
"None of (the DNA material) happens to be from lacrosse players who are supposed to have had sex with her, which is pretty significant," said Cheshire, who represents Evans.
District Attorney Mike Nifong, who has generally refused to talk about the facts of the case since granting a flurry of interviews in the investigation's early days, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Defense attorneys for Seligmann and Finnerity either declined comment or did not immediately return a message. Seligmann, Finnerty and Evans were indicted by a grand jury but have all strongly proclaimed their innocence. A trial is not expected to start until spring.
 
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scooter1369;687230; said:
So when does the arrest of this bitch take place for false accusations and filing a false police report?

Will she ever be able to repay the attorneys' fees for the boys she accused?
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She better be getting alot of gigs to pay some of those fees. From the results of the DNA testing, looks like she already knows a quick way to make some cash. Skank.
 
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I 'm baffled how did a Grand Jury move to bring charges against these Men. I think The DA should be investigated, did he present this Dna evidence to the Grand Jury. Its been reported he never interviewed the "victim". Maybe he should pay the fees, he did get reelected with help from this case <smirk>.MaybeJesse Jackson will come down and help stop this wrongful prosecution.
 
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