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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:16 PM Post #1 |
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Statement issued by Mike Pressler:
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:18 PM Post #2 |
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Cooper Press Conference video: http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2007/04/roy-cooper-press-conference-video.html |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:23 PM Post #3 |
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Defense press conference: http://www.wral.com/news/video/1268987/#/vid1268987 |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:30 PM Post #4 |
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Dismissal order: http://www.johnlocke.org/site-docs/seligmann-dismissal.pdf The re-investigation of this matter indicates that this individual is innocent of the charges brought against him and in the interest of justice these charges are dismissed. |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:34 PM Post #5 |
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http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2007/04/steele-praises-brodhead-reaffirms.html
(How much of this statement is given over to a defense of Brodhead and a defense of "leave it to the system"?) Edited by Quasimodo, Apr 10 2011, 10:37 PM.
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:42 PM Post #6 |
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"This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor," he said. Responses to the the dismissal of charges: "It's huge. [Cooper] couldn't have offered the defendants a stronger vindication" -- Yale Galanter "I will always believe in the back of my mind that something happened in that house that wasn't quite right." -- Georgia Goslee "Since we haven't gone through a normal legal process, we don't know what really happened. The fact the charges were dropped doesn't mean nothing happened. It just means information wasn't collected appropriately enough to go forward.” -- Duke biology professor Sheryl Broverman [A BIOLOGY PROFESSOR doesn't understand the meaning of DNA evidence?] "No more media, no more talk. I'm happy to be relieved from everything." — Moezeldin Elmostafa, the cab driver who bolstered the alibi of Duke lacrosse player Reade Seligmann and was then arrested on a 3-year-old shoplifting warrant that ended in acquittal. “Although vindication has been far too long in coming, today is, indeed, a day for great joy.” Mike McCusker, Crystal Mess "We respect the integrity of the Attorney General’s investigation and supported the involvement of special prosecutors. If his office believes the state lacks sufficient evidence to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that all the elements of each crime took place, then it is the state’s constitutional duty to dismiss the charges. ... Now, as we have repeatedly said, comes the hard part. How do we proceed toward the healing places in our communities and our hearts? Long after the television vans with their saucer antennas have pulled out of Durham, long after the bloggers have grown weary from typing, those of us who believe in freedom and justice can not rest. How do we work to ensure that the final decisions in this case in no way deter women of color from making claims of violations against them which violate their spirits and their bodies?" — statement from William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP "It was clear to me and a lot of other people that [Nifong] used this case to win the election. The sad thing about it is that it worked. I found that to be very discouraging about the political process. ... He had no name recognition before this case. I don't think anybody outside the courthouse knew who he was." -- Freda Black, a former Durham prosecutor who narrowly lost the 2005 Democratic primary for district attorney to Nifong. “In light of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's dismissal of all criminal charges against the three men, it is clear that this matter now cries out for oversight. I again urge ... a federal investigation to review Mr. Nifong's conduct to determine if it constitutes prosecutorial misconduct and has denied these students their civil rights as U.S. citizens under federal law.” — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican whose district includes part of eastern North Carolina |
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| Quasimodo | Apr 10 2011, 10:48 PM Post #7 |
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DING DONG! THE HOAX IS DEAD! ![]() (baldo, april 12, 2007) |
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| Rusty Dog | Apr 11 2011, 12:11 AM Post #8 |
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April 11, 2007. What a happy day that was. To hear the Attorney General declare what we already knew, INNOCENT! And what a joy to see the relief in the faces of RCD. I will always remember that day. |
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| cks | Apr 11 2011, 05:16 AM Post #9 |
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Contrary to Barber's claim - we are still here, perhaps a little weary that that justice for those who perpetrated the hoax has still not occurred but bound and determined to see it through to the end. |
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| abb | Apr 11 2011, 06:42 AM Post #10 |
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You betcha!!
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| Walt-in-Durham | Apr 11 2011, 07:40 AM Post #11 |
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"Since we haven't gone through a normal legal process, we don't know what really happened. The fact the charges were dropped doesn't mean nothing happened. It just means information wasn't collected appropriately enough to go forward.” -- Duke biology professor Sheryl Broverman Not only does she not know DNA, but she does not understand good police work. Good police work clears suspects and finds the guilty. Here, a brief but thorough investigation found the facts. Facts that include clearing three suspects, Reade Seligman, David Evans and Colin Finnerty. The fact that charges were dropped means that the information was collected. DNA samples, witness testimony, photographs and other evidence. The evidence was evaluated fully and fairly and suspects were cleared. Her statement does cause me to call into question her scientific analysis. I wonder if she studies biology and draws conclusions from the evidence in front of her, or if she sees the biological world as she wishes it to be? Walt-in-Durham |
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| Bill Anderson | Apr 11 2011, 07:43 AM Post #12 |
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Like those of the Bourbon Dynasty of France, Steel's statement, as well as some of the other statements (including that from the Duke biology prof) demonstrated that the influential people of Durham and Duke learned nothing -- and forgot nothing. First, the Duke administration did not "defer" to the criminal justice system. Brodhead, Steel, Burness, and Moneta aided the system in order to help Nifong secure indictments. Read between the lines of Brodhead's April 5, 2006, "letter." He openly demonized the entire lacrosse team and the coach, and then gave the green light to Nifong to do whatever he wanted. Second, by making statements on and off the record that implied guilt, by giving FERPA-protected material to Nifong -- and then lying about it -- and by encouraging the on-campus demonization of the players, the Duke administration made sure that everyone knew it was going to be on the "winning" side: Nifong's side. Third, my sense is that there is much, much more. By telling members of the Duke Police Department to change their reports to make it easier to verify Crystal's numerous stories and by covering for Tara Levicy's fraud, Brodhead and Steel made it absolutely clear that they would not permit the law to stand in the way of a good frame. Think about it. Every one of the worst offenders in this case at Duke either still is at Duke, or is working elsewhere and treated as though nothing happened. When Levicy left DUMC, she went to Hanover, New Hampshire, to work as a SANE and Duke gave her a glowing review. (She quickly was removed when other SANES on the staff told their superiors that they would not work with someone whose very presence would serve to discredit all of them.) Brodhead still is president, Larry Moneta has more authority than ever, and John Burness, after serving as interim president of Franklin and Marshall College now is a well-paid Democratic Party lobbyist. All of the offending faculty members either have been promoted to administration, been given better jobs elsewhere, or are continually honored on the Duke faculty. So, you tell me if anyone has learned anything. Prosecutors in this country still pursue false accusations, the press jumps on the most sensational -- and unbelievable -- rape charges, and the machinery continues to roll on. As I see it, the lacrosse case was not a "learning" moment by the media and others in higher education. If there was any "learning," it was learning how to better cover one's tracks when engaging in criminal or near-criminal behavior.
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| Quasimodo | Apr 11 2011, 07:54 AM Post #13 |
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I'm sure this is more than Duke did for Finnerty and Seligmann when they transferred. |
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| Baldo | Apr 11 2011, 08:45 AM Post #14 |
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A sweet day for sure! A day to celebrate! I find it fitting that on today while RCD persue their careers Crystal is cooling her heels in the County jail! The Miscreants of Durham & Duke have gone about their business. Unbelievably some still justify their behaviour back then, but most just snake behind doors knowing they got their butts kicked. Brodhead will always have his legacy of cowardliness following him. Nifong was disgraced & disbarred, pretty rare for a DA. Judge Stephens' record is tarnish, fellow Judges know. Mr. Obfuscation career as a DNA expert is over. Linwood is making a new career as a fool defending himself. Himan beat it out of Durham to the suburbans of Pittsburgh and my guess Gottlieb hides out most of the time. On this day four years ago the truth was proclaimed! |
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| Baldo | Apr 11 2011, 11:17 AM Post #15 |
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4 years ago on the Partners against Crime (PAC 2) Listserver initially funded(I believe) by a Federal grant to the DPD and moderated in connection with the DPD , just one, poster said this. Finally a Durham citizen had this lone remark on Innocence Day April 11, 2007 posted to Pac2 "This afternoon the charges were dropped against the remaining Duke Lacrosse players. Remember how this list-serve (and all of Durham) exploded with the news when the charges were first announced? And now, silence.... I hope that anyone who immediately convicted the Lacrosse players after last year's charges takes some time to reflect on today's dismissal of those charges. As difficult as it can be, part of our job as citizens and certainly as "partners against crime," is to try to stay fair-minded and to try to keep thinking of people as innocent until proven guilty, just as we all hope will happen to us if we're charged with a crime. At this point it appears that the biggest crimes in the case were committed by our district attorney. Ugh.... That, of course, remains to be seen." http://liestoppers.blogspot.com/2009/05/pac-listservers-durham-pd-and-cpl.html |
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