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Why the D.A. should be off the case [Nifong, Duke]
The News & Observer (Durham, Chapel Hill) ^ | Dec. 21, 2006 | Joseph Kennedy

Posted on 12/21/2006 11:09:37 AM PST by beckett

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To: beckett
No, no, no. Nifong and the Judge need to see this through. If it gets dropped right now, nothing will happen to them. They will all say it was just mistakes and misunderstandings.

If they push forward though, they will end up in jail :)

But I fear that they are going to go into CYA mode and let this whole mess drag on for years.
21 posted on 12/21/2006 11:45:59 AM PST by LeGrande
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To: monday

Nifong should be compelled to try this case on national TV.

I'm betting it never goes to trial. The complaining witness will flee and all the resources of the DA's office will be unable to locate her.


22 posted on 12/21/2006 11:46:31 AM PST by csn vinnie
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To: .cnI redruM

Yeah I misspoke when I called the N&O a "cheerleader" for Nifong. KC Johnson says its reporters have uncovered and reported more than a few items embarrassing to Nifong, and I defer to Johnson on all matters involving this case. The "cheerleader" was the head of the editorial page, Stephen Ford, who wrote a column in support of Nifong some months ago, since which, as more revelations have been made, he's kept his own counsel on the case.


23 posted on 12/21/2006 11:49:19 AM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: HardStarboard
Nifongs corrupt prosecution of the hockey team to serve his own political ambition.

Believe it or not, Duke does have an ice hockey team. But they aren't accused of anything.

24 posted on 12/21/2006 11:52:38 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: beckett
I called hoax on this the first time I heard it reported.

Shortly after the news broke, one of those "support rallies" was planned and Al Sharpton was scheudled to make an apperance.

When Sharpton cancelled I knew it was a hoax. He couldn't handle a 2nd Tawana Brawley incident.

25 posted on 12/21/2006 11:57:18 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
This looks like an opinion piece from a law professor, not an editorial by the paper itself.

True, but it appeared on the OpEd page in the editorial section. And yesterday, a column from the editorial board itself was published, and, although not quite as damning as Kennedy's piece, it's pretty close.

26 posted on 12/21/2006 12:01:09 PM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: abb

ping

We might as well move here?


27 posted on 12/21/2006 12:07:56 PM PST by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: beckett

Joe Kennedy is a prof at UNC law school which is Mike Nifong's alma mater. Earlier in the week...

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1110918/


28 posted on 12/21/2006 12:14:03 PM PST by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: abb; abner; Alia; AmishDude; AntiGuv; BerniesFriend; beyondashadow; bjc; Bogeygolfer; bonfire; ...
DUKELAX PING!!!!
29 posted on 12/21/2006 12:14:17 PM PST by Howlin
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To: All

Linkback to old thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1755455/posts?page=240


30 posted on 12/21/2006 12:17:58 PM PST by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: wmc-50

Ping!


31 posted on 12/21/2006 12:18:00 PM PST by Alia
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To: Howlin

When is someone actually going to do something about Nifong? It's all just blather, until someone actually steps up to the plate and knocks him out of the park.


32 posted on 12/21/2006 12:18:28 PM PST by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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To: All

http://www.bluenc.com/nifong-and-the-next-election
Nifong and The Next Election


33 posted on 12/21/2006 12:35:24 PM PST by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: abb; Howlin; All

DNA Security, Inc. Statement re: the Duke Lacrosse Case Tests

December 19, 2006


http://www.dnasi.com/Statement.htm



DNASI May 12 Report


http://hometown.aol.com/VIP%20PASSES/512report.pdf


Hat tip: LieStoppers


34 posted on 12/21/2006 1:00:48 PM PST by maggief
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To: abb; All

As you can see I've been over there trying to set them straight on a few things. If you do too be nice. Don't go trolling(if you can help it.


35 posted on 12/21/2006 1:02:55 PM PST by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: .cnI redruM

Duke deserves to be hammered, for the way they threw these young men under the bus. Broadhead and crew have not come close to atoning for that. And the crew is pretty large. There were something like 80 faculty that signed that letter, early on. I wonder if that web site is still up, in the Diversity Studies Dept, or some such.


36 posted on 12/21/2006 1:06:37 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Navy Patriot

>>Nifong needs ten years in general population with the guys he put it, that would be justice.

The guys he put in, will be getting out on appeal, based on his actions in this case.


37 posted on 12/21/2006 1:07:53 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: CondorFlight

The SBI lab could not find anything at all on anything in the rape kit. No trace of blood, saliva, or semen on any of the swabs. No foreign pubic hairs. Nothing. This was on evidence collected right after a supposed violent 3 man gang rape and beating sans condoms.

Nifong knew that on March 28th.

That was the end of the case for any normal DA.

Nifong then goes out and buys a new report, withholds part of it, and leaks the idea that it implicates LAX players.


38 posted on 12/21/2006 1:08:10 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: beckett

Nifung should be in jail.


39 posted on 12/21/2006 1:08:49 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: beckett
Sorry but professor Kennedy's faux objectivity does not impress me. As many have said, change the race of the accused and the accuser and all these faux objective academics would be dropping their faux objectivity and demanding this case be dropped and Nifong jailed.
40 posted on 12/21/2006 2:31:19 PM PST by JLS
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