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Defense team wants rape evidence quickly
Herald Sun (Durham NC) ^ | May 15, 2006 : 10:56 pm ET | By Ray Gronberg : The Herald-Sun

Posted on 05/16/2006 4:39:46 AM PDT by Perdogg

DURHAM -- Lawyers for accused Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann want a judge to hold hearings Thursday on whether to compel police and prosecutors to turn over the evidence they've compiled while investigating the alleged gang rape.

The motions have to be heard now because there's a risk that evidence that could exonerate Seligmann "will spoil if not preserved properly," lawyers Kirk Osborn and Ernest Conner said. They said that could happen due to political pressure Durham officials might be putting on investigators.

Seligmann's defense team

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: duke; dukelax; durham; lyingwhores; railroaded; shafted
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To: Howlin

he was required to show both exculpatory and incriminatory evidence to the GJ? well no wonder he SCRUPULOUSLY avoided any contact with the defense, as it ensured he HAS no exculpatory evidence!


21 posted on 05/16/2006 8:48:58 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Howlin

>>He has said he's "not finished."

AKA "The dog ate my homework."


22 posted on 05/16/2006 8:52:45 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: xsmommy

I think you figured that out.


23 posted on 05/16/2006 8:55:34 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: xsmommy

In an interview published yesterday, the accuser's parents whined that their 'little girl' was not being treated fairly. Good grief.


24 posted on 05/16/2006 8:56:37 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: xsmommy

Oh, they know:

http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137836065663&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099


He filed his motion yesterday during the blowout press conference.


25 posted on 05/16/2006 8:56:40 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

The DA is withholding discovery??


26 posted on 05/16/2006 8:57:40 AM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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To: Howlin
Lead sentence from the articled you linked:

"For weeks, defense attorneys have stood in front of TV cameras and countless interviews to eagerly pronounce the innocence of Duke University lacrosse players accused of rape."

I must have missed all those "countless interviews."

27 posted on 05/16/2006 9:02:34 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: Howlin

with their unerring eye for the deep pockets among the LAX players, they also bought themselves the opportunity to go up against the best defense attys in the state, and more likely, country. and they will eviscerate that prosecution.


28 posted on 05/16/2006 9:03:04 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Howlin

Good Morning, and thanks for the ping.


29 posted on 05/16/2006 9:03:35 AM PDT by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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To: Mo1

Yep.


30 posted on 05/16/2006 9:05:39 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Carolinamom

Three, by my count.

Anybody see anymore?


31 posted on 05/16/2006 9:06:37 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

you know, there is always the possibility that this guy is brilliant, and is going to pull a rabbit out of his prosecutorial hat and make the rest of us, and the highpowered defense attorneys look foolish. but given that his previous experience has been traffic court til fairly recently, i just don't think the odds are in favor of that outcome.


32 posted on 05/16/2006 9:07:53 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Did you hear that the "matter" found on the fingernail was ON TOP OF IT?

If there was DNA on that fingernail, why wasn't it on her REAL nails?

And why isn't he indicting the fourth player? Is he getting a "bye?"


33 posted on 05/16/2006 9:08:03 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: xsmommy

I keep hearing the Ellen Jamiesons on TV saying that "he does have the SANE report that shows bruising and vaginal tears."

Nobody has even SEEN that report (unless he has selectively leaked that, too, like he did the DNA report) so how could they know for sure what it says?


34 posted on 05/16/2006 9:09:45 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

NOTHING about this case makes sense. not a SINGLE thing. not the behavior of the accused players themselves, not a single fact that we KNOW, makes it seem remotely possible that he has a case here. EVERYTHING is to the contrary.


35 posted on 05/16/2006 9:11:03 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Howlin

and that report combined with semen from a totally extraneous third party proves WHAT? nothing.


36 posted on 05/16/2006 9:11:46 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Howlin; Carolinamom; sissyjane; Peach; All

http://www.dukebasketballreport.com/main/index.cgi?7580

This site asked for legal opinions of Nifong's handling of this case. Response #5 is from a University of Maryland Law School professor and is especially good.

"I have never heard of anyone as unethical or venal as Mike Nifong."


37 posted on 05/16/2006 9:14:28 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: xsmommy

Just like somebody said yesterday: her ID of Evans with a mustache makes that 90 percent DNA "match" zero.


38 posted on 05/16/2006 9:14:29 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Did you hear that the "matter" found on the fingernail was ON TOP OF IT?


Really?.....contaminated evidence from the wastebasket....


39 posted on 05/16/2006 9:14:39 AM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: baltodog
I watched an innocent man talking to the press yesterday. You can see it in his eyes.

He's innocent, but the look in his eyes has nothing to do with it.

40 posted on 05/16/2006 9:15:27 AM PDT by connectthedots
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