ESPN Legal Analyst Condemns Duke Player's Assertion of Innocence as Attempt to Taint Jury Pool

ESPN/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[CedarDave]

Don't know who Joey Porter is, but if he fits the profile above, yes.

[muawiyah]

Something else slipped here ~ namely the supposition that individuals who work at ESPN are beyond involvement in professional gambling. That's what this one is all about ~ an attempt by small time grifters protected by the DA in Durham, NC to "change the odds" by removing a couple of top players, or maybe a top team, from the standings at the end of season.

ESPN folks know all about this stuff ~ no doubt it provides them with supplemental income. Guy ought to be mad to see the Captain of the team fighting back against this crowd. Most players don't have the slightest idea what happened to them when they get beat up, but this young fellow has the money to bust this wide open.

This ESPN outburst should not be forgotten.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . . It's tainting potential jurors, and that's what I think is the most significant thing about this press conference. The defense is trying to paint a picture for those jurors who will eventually hear the case about the defendant before the case even begins.<<<

The accuser and the prosecutor, however, were not trying to taint potential jurors with their continuous, outrageous lies. [/sarcasm]

[CedarDave]

How many times have you see attorney's for the accused stand in front of the cameras with the accused in the background, proclaiming his client's innocence? Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson come to mind immediately. I'm sure there are more than a few others all over the country who do exactly the same thing unless a gag order is imposed by the court.

[P-Marlowe]

I've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins.

Where did they find this idiot? They must have searched pretty hard to find someone who has never owned a television or a radio or a newspaper.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Has ESPN's "legal analyst", in her vast experience, ever heard of "innocent until proven guilty"?

[jmaroneps37]

Very well said.

[SR 50]

That's hard to do, with about 25% of all sports participants, coaches and owner in some kind of criminal proceedings.

[citizen]

I decided not to mention that in the report, but your suspicious is grounded in fact.

I figured the same thing.

It's sadly amusing to see the liberals day after day striving to defend the accuser as the Nifong's case crumbles. Their efforts are half-hearted at best lately.

[Coldwater Creek]

There is just something about a woman on a sports show!!!!!

[FreedomPoster]

Her race probably doesn't matter on this one. The Feminazis were/are as up in arms about this travesty of a case, as the race hustlers in the black community.

[joebuck]

She's just ticked because the kid hit it out of the park. He's either innocent or he's the next Lawrence Oliver.

[YaYa123]

If you want to contact ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/sitetools/s/contact/espntv.html

[DManA]

Asserting your innocence is an unprecidented attempt to sway the jury. I have now heard everything.

[FreedomPoster]

Everyone's getting in on the act ping.

[Palmetto]

never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. . .

True. I can think offhand of no such recent event.

Oh crap. Dang you, Kobe.

[FreedomPoster]

I generally don't either, but I've been following this one fairly closely for a few weeks now, and, without getting into the sordid details, your impression is correct, and these young men are getting railroaded.

[FreedomPoster]

Ah, according to another poster, we have a double-whammy on that.

[Raycpa]

've never seen a defendant have a press conference before the trial even begins. .

[OldFriend]

I watched that brief segment in absolute shock. The woman was clearly seething.

Some analyst!

I'll just have to skip ESPN in the future.