Re: {OT} Duke University Rape Case is about to fall completely apart -- dismissal is looming
badgolferman wrote:
> Art, 1/12/2007, 12:46:55 PM,
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I live near Durham. The girl now says she probably wasn't raped. We
> > have more details here than the national news carries. The NC bar
> > has filed a complaint against Nifong that will probably force him off
> > the case. Once he is off, it is likely that all charges will be
> > dropped. I suspect in the end, Durham will be sued by the 3
> > defendants for ruining several years of their lives. Quite frankly,
> > these guys are jocks and I don't like jocks but they were screwed
> > royally.
>
> Tell us the truth, Art. Did you believe they were guilty when the news
> first broke?
I was a jock in school, and have seen some pretty disgusting pack
behavior at parties when alcohol was involved, so what happened didn't
seem to far fetched to me. Sadly, I probably assumed they were guilty
at first. I then saw the 60 minutes show on the case, and that pretty
much did it. What is it about the ego of these District Attorneys?
How many times have we seen them willing to convict innocent people
rather than admit a mistake, or in this case, further their political
careers? Maybe DA should not be an elected position.
This is one case though that I hope those boys sue his ass, and Duke
University for not waiting until the facts were out before taking
action. Good god, they disbanded the Lacrosse team, fired the coach
(what did he do?)
and suspended these young men from school. People need to be held
accountable. They also need to hold the whole DA's office accountable.
A lot of people stood by and let this happen.