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Lacrosse lawyers 'bewildered' by DNA report
The News & Observer ^
| Jun 14, 2007 05:14 PM
| Benjamin Niolet and Sarah Ovaska
Posted on 06/14/2007 2:44:39 PM PDT by ricks_place
RALEIGH - Attorneys representing three Duke lacrosse players didn't believe what they had found when a lawyer discovered favorable DNA test results buried in prosecutor Mike Nifong's files.
Testifying today in Nifong's misconduct trial, a lawyer for one of the accused players described how he had locked himself in a conference room for more than 60 hours with a textbook and 1,844 pages of technical documents. The defense team had pried the documents from Nifong and a DNA lab.
Lawyer Bradley Bannon, who is not a DNA expert, found previously undisclosed test results that showed DNA from unknown men had been recovered from Crystal Gail Mangum's body and underwear. Mangum, an exotic dancer, had accused the players of raping her at a team party.
Bannon shared his findings with the other defense lawyers. One by one, they said his findings were interesting but didn't quite believe what he was saying.
"You have to understand we had been in court all summer and fall being told that there wasn't anything that was found," Bannon testified. "We were all bewildered that it hadn't been provided to us before."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: dukelax; nifong
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Wife Couldn't Save Nifong If She Were Superwoman!
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, center, arrives today with his wife, Cy Gurney, for his disciplinary hearing in the handling of the Duke lacrosse case.
To: ricks_place
I’ll bet she’s proud her last name is now a verb in the popular lexicon. I wonder if he Nifonged her while they were dating or if they waited until they got married...
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:50:20 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Notice that she’s not using his last name.
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:51:45 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Very unfortunate last name as it turns out, “Man-gum”, I believe Dennis Miller described her body as “the Louvre of male DNA”, *cough*...
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:52:42 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Joe 6-pack
From the caption above, it appears she at least has enough sense not to use his last name.
To: Spktyr
I think that’s just her stripper name.
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:53:06 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: jiggyboy
oops that’s the whore’s last name: Mangum.
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:53:51 PM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: ricks_place
Nifong deserves more jail time than Scooter Libby!
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:54:19 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
To: ricks_place
even Cy Young couldn’t help Nifong
To: ricks_place
"He got upset with me about that letter, and he said that we weren't acting in good faith as lawyers. He wanted to know why we were always accusing him of withholding information and wondered why defense attorneys always accused prosecutors of withholding information," Bannon testified. Unfreaking believable. What gall!
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posted on
06/14/2007 2:59:08 PM PDT
by
Clint N. Suhks
(BUILD THE WALL, ENFORCE THE LAW!)
To: ricks_place
Nifong has committed a crime and must go to jail. Unfortunately, because of his leaning to the left, he will benefit from special treatment and get away with a light tap.
To: Erik Latranyi
Patrick Fitzgerald, Valerie Plame, Joe Wilson deserve at least as much jail time as Nifong.
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posted on
06/14/2007 3:08:24 PM PDT
by
Apercu
("A man's character is his fate" - Heraclitus)
To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
Unfortunately, because of his leaning to the left, he will benefit from special treatment and get away with a light tap. IOW instead of being Nifonged, as he should be, he'll get a Berger.
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posted on
06/14/2007 3:10:23 PM PDT
by
Stultis
(I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
To: ricks_place
I read another article that NC just passed a bill that will prohibit judges and DA’s from holding office if their license is suspended or revoked. So Mikey has totally screwed the pooch.
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posted on
06/14/2007 3:28:39 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame." Benjamin Franklin)
To: Erik Latranyi
that FPOS deserves to to EVERY DAY OF EVERY YEAR of ALL the charges against ALL FOUR PLAYERS!!!
but this isn't a just world...
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posted on
06/14/2007 3:34:38 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: Spktyr
“Help Me Mommy” Nifong cried. Cy Gurney didn’t answer but silently turned and walked away, leaving him in a dreadful state of dispair.
Cy Gurney in her role as regional administrator of the North Carolina State Guardian ad Litem Central Office (Abused or Neglected Children) will provide victim assistance to
Magnum Nifong after trial. Wonder if Cy had any influence in prosecuting Duke LAX....hmm.
To: Clint N. Suhks
{Former) prosecutors like Vince Bugliosi must shudder every time this turd’s face appears on TV.
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posted on
06/14/2007 4:14:35 PM PDT
by
Right Cal Gal
(Remember Billy Dale!!!)
To: Apercu
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posted on
06/14/2007 4:37:00 PM PDT
by
Plains Drifter
(If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
To: Plains Drifter
Hey, all he tried to do was railroad three college students into prison for 30 years (where they’d never have lasted that long), when he knew they were innocent.
And lie to the judge. And to the court. And to the defense attorneys. And to the press.
And play the race card to help him do it.
Should that be a crime? Should we take away the man’s livelihood just for that? (sarc/off)
To: CondorFlight
I hope Mike goes to jail. I hope he gets a very large sensitive room mate who is NATURALLY very good at playing basketball and your mind can fill in the rest.
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posted on
06/14/2007 4:43:12 PM PDT
by
Plains Drifter
(If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
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