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D.A. Says Duke Lacrosse Probe to Continue
AccessNorthGa.com ^ | April 11, 2006 | Tim Whitmire

Posted on 04/11/2006 9:01:01 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin

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To: Locomotive Breath

"The cross-town Durham school to which she purportedly goes is North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Since we've had the discussion about the "culture of rape" at Duke, can we now have the discussion about the "culture of single-mother fatherless-children sex-worker false-acuser substance-abuser felons" at NCCU?"

That is a GREAT post and effectively highlights the hypocrisy of the coverage. Well done!!! I am in awe...


41 posted on 04/11/2006 11:39:44 AM PDT by GOPRaleigh (If John Kerry didn't exist then Karl Rove would have to invent him.)
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To: mewzilla

That was probably in the days before dna evidence.

If he's talking about nowadays--he probably just made it up. 75-80%--Call me skeptical.


42 posted on 04/11/2006 12:11:47 PM PDT by gop_gene
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To: gop_gene

Nifong is a DEMOCRAT who needs African American voters to survive in Durham. Duke is known as a Right Wing school with many prominent GOP alumni. If Nifong presses charges he will destroy his political career and be a White Al Sharpton.


43 posted on 04/11/2006 12:32:29 PM PDT by Jack Ian
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To: RacerF150

About half the rape cases are are not reported contemporaneously AND SO THERE IS NO dna TESTING. How many cases are there where the victim is DNA tested at teh time of teh rape and then there is no DNA match?

That's the real question.


44 posted on 04/11/2006 1:19:08 PM PDT by anton
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To: mewzilla

Nifong said Tuesday that in 75 to 80 percent of all sexual assault cases, there is no DNA evidence.
I'd like to know where he got that number.

If you grabbed your babysitters butt, you'd be guilty of sexual assault. How much DNA do you think you'd leave behind?


45 posted on 04/11/2006 1:34:06 PM PDT by schooter
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To: Cowboy Bob
Last night I was watching MSNBC, and on Rita's show, some woman claimed that the DNA evidence found on the bathroom towels was semen. She had no proof to back up her claim. In her mind, DNA=Semen.

Another idiot woman on Nancy Grace tried to make the same point last night. She almost hyperventilated screaming "what are the odds that the semen from two males that she identified would be on a towel in the same room the poor victim was trapped in".

46 posted on 04/11/2006 2:29:41 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: Arec Barrwin
Nifong, who has said he doesn't necessarily need DNA evidence to prosecute, was calmly defiant at Tuesday's forum, attended by about 700 people on the campus of North Carolina Central University, the historically black university a few miles from Duke where the alleged victim is a student.

I'm surprised Nifong didn't hand out pom-poms and noisemakers prior to this forum pep rally.

47 posted on 04/11/2006 2:39:29 PM PDT by Libertarian444
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To: John Jorsett
I'm guessing that this guy is up for re-election, or is thinking about running for a higher office.

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Nifong, who has said he doesn't necessarily need DNA evidence to prosecute, was calmly defiant at Tuesday's forum, attended by about 700 people on the campus of North Carolina Central University, the historically black university a few miles from Duke where the alleged victim is a student.

Looks like you are on to something. The man is willing to smear innocent white students in order to get in good with the black vote. He is doing open forums on the 'victim's' campus. I'm surprised Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton weren't standing next to him.

48 posted on 04/11/2006 2:55:20 PM PDT by Carling (Mocking liberal claptrap since July 1, 2004)
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To: Arec Barrwin
The Duke lacrosse coach "resigned", Duke canceled their lacrosse season, and one player was suspended from the University. For what? For patently bogus charges? For inviting an entertainer to their party? Or for being white male jocks in a non-revenue sport?

If the softball team had hired the same stripper we would not heard a peep.

49 posted on 04/11/2006 2:59:50 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: schooter

really. not allowed a grab. shucks!! might have to turn myself in. oh no DNA. Shweee


50 posted on 04/11/2006 3:44:10 PM PDT by GoMonster (GO)
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To: mewzilla
Lies, darned lies and statistics :) Well, I'm really wondering where that one came from.

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself;
in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- - From the Autobiography of Mark Twain

51 posted on 04/11/2006 3:44:38 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Pain is nothing. Pain is weakness leaving the body.)
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To: GOPRaleigh
Thank you. And before someone from NCCU reads this post, let explicitly say that I'm remarking on the fact that if you want to make rowdy (now non-rapist) lax players the paradigm for all white males at Duke, then we should make Crystal Gail Mangum the paradigm for all black females at NCCU. Neither stereotype is fair or, in most cases true.
52 posted on 04/11/2006 4:37:01 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Arec Barrwin

"There's an old saying that the absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence," said Peter Neufeld, co-founder and co-director of the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal clinic.

Talk about irony! Someone from the "Innocence Project" advocating for the continued prosecution of defendants without any evidence of a crime.

53 posted on 04/11/2006 5:56:07 PM PDT by Libertarian444
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To: Libertarian444

Yep, they shown their true colors.


54 posted on 04/11/2006 5:58:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: Rodney King

Nifong said Tuesday that in 75 to 80 percent of all sexual assault cases, there is no DNA evidence.

Not all sexual assaults are rapes, and not all rapes are violent gang rapes. Nifong is lumping this in with groping offenses, etc. and being intentionally deceptive.


55 posted on 04/11/2006 6:32:01 PM PDT by Asceticon
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To: Arec Barrwin

WHERE'S KIM?


56 posted on 04/12/2006 3:08:10 AM PDT by anton
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To: Arec Barrwin

-----Nifong said Tuesday that in 75 to 80 percent of all sexual assault cases, there is no DNA evidence.-----

Squeezing buttocks without permission is considered SEXUAL ASSAULT. "Accidentally" touching breasts without permission is also SEXUAL ASSAULT. DA Nifong is being egregiously disingenuous.

In sexual assault cases involving penis-vagina penetration, DNA is virtually ALWAYS present.

In spite of those who WANT a rape here...it is becoming increasingly obvious that no sex took place.


57 posted on 04/12/2006 7:44:16 AM PDT by TruthHurts001
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To: Plutarch

No, the coach resigned because it became clear that he did not have the appropriate adult control over his rowdy underage players, and the player was suspended because of the email where he appeared to want to skin the stripper and get off to it.

They have handled it poorly, but I don't know how this thing could have played out any differently given all of the circumstances.


58 posted on 04/12/2006 11:05:44 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: krb

Randy college students, gross emails, oh my. Were these student-atheletes in a revenue producing sport, or members of Dem constituency (homosexual, women, minorities), then nary a peep would have been heard of all this. What business does Duke have peering into a student's private correspondence? Does the faculty get its emails scoured publicly?


59 posted on 04/12/2006 11:21:29 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Plutarch
What business does Duke have peering into a student's private correspondence?

No such thing. If you send email using a private company's system (like the duke.edu email accounts) then the owner of the servers have every right to see what you are doing with the email account they provided you.

60 posted on 04/12/2006 11:23:19 PM PDT by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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