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"60 Minutes" Examines Duke Lacrosse Case

By Jeralyn, Section Duke Lacrosse
Posted on Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 06:42:38 PM EST
Tags: Duke Lacrosse, Mike Nifong (all tags)
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The three innocent Duke Lacrosse players and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper appeared on "60 Minutes" tonight. Coper explained how the many stories of the accuser in the Duke lacrosse players alleged sex assault case fell apart.

DA Mike Nifong's actions were so inexcusable. As for his apology the day after the players' exoneration, it's too little too late.

As player Dave Evans said, "Rape will always be associated with my name." He'll always be known as one of the charged players.

At least, thanks to Roy Cooper, it will be followed by "he was innocent."

Now its time for Nifong to take his lumps -- either in the disciplinary hearings or in civil lawsuits by the players or both.

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    Those statements are absurd (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 12:08:40 AM EST
    The Attorney General was clear.  There was no  evidence any attack occurred. It wasn't a lack of evidence, it was that her many stories were contradicted by the evidence.  Why she made up the story may be unresolved...was she an angry or just a mentally unbalanced person...but there was no attack and that's the finding of a thorough review.

    People shouldn't look to the criminal justice system  to solve every conceivable social ill... there was no crime committed by these young men that night, no matter how much people want to believe otherwise.

    Thank you (none / 0) (#4)
    by jerry on Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 01:30:47 AM EST
    Thanks, that's pretty much my take, but it is always interesting to hear a practiced lawyers educated view of our system to help clarify.

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    A third option (none / 0) (#1)
    by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 08:29:39 PM EST

    Now its time for Nifong to take his lumps -- either in the disciplinary hearings or in civil lawsuits by the players or both.

    IMO, that man should face option three, criminal charges.

    Jeralyn, without placing you on the spot, ... (none / 0) (#2)
    by jerry on Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 10:14:12 PM EST
    I am curious as to your reaction to the several feminist bloggers that are maintaining that A.G. Cooper's statement that the students are innocent really doesn't mean that we the people need to consider the students innocent.

    Perusing the blogs Pandagon, Feministing, Feministe, I get the impression there are three statements being made:

    1.  There is no evidence that a rape did not occur
    2.  The charges weren't followed up due to a lack of evidence
    3.  An A.G. saying the students are innocent does not mean that we the people need to consider the students innocent (ala O.J. Simpson.)

    Can you (as defense attorney, or just educated lawyer, or citizen) help me make sense of these statements?

    Thank you,

    hmmmmmmmmmm (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 09:21:26 AM EST
    1. There is no evidence that a rape did not occur:

    hard to prove a negative. an idiotic statement, at best.

    2. The charges weren't followed up due to a lack of evidence:

    well.............yeah. a lack of evidence is usually indicative of a lack of a crime. another demonstrably idiotic contention.

    3. An A.G. saying the students are innocent does not mean that we the people need to consider the students innocent (ala O.J. Simpson.):

    no, it doesn't. you can believe anything you want. you can believe the moon is made of cheese. believing a thing is so, or not, doesn't make it so, or not.

    it doesn't appear that any crime was committed by anyone that night, other than the accuser. bad taste may be bad taste, but fortunately, it isn't a criminal offense.

    again, nothing will happen to nifong, other than him squirming for a bit. any civil suit against him or his office will die aborning, for lack of merit. good faith counters all.

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