tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post4191703464337893619..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Wendy Murphy, Esq.kcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84884810758444890332009-03-28T21:00:00.000-04:002009-03-28T21:00:00.000-04:00Bottom line is that Wendy Murphy and the Duke 88 a...Bottom line is that Wendy Murphy and the Duke 88 and all those other idiots who will not look at the facts of the case and see the hoax for what it is, they have to keep the lies alive and upfront, they have to continue to state misfacts, distort truth and make things up....because if they didn't they then would have to admit they were wrong. And they can't do that. Only people who have not integrity, character or raeasoning power can't say they were wrong. It takes a big person to admit they were wrong. So instead these weak, mindless nothings will perpetuate the lie. They are worse then Crystal at this point to continue to scar innocent people for nothing more than to save face. Pathetic, if their reasoning power is so twisted and corrupt any thought that comes out of their mouths is just as twisted. They should not be teaching and should not be listened to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46028081992253940932009-03-25T12:13:00.000-04:002009-03-25T12:13:00.000-04:00I suspect the reason why CBS didn't renew her as a...I suspect the reason why CBS didn't renew her as a legal analyst is because there are a million of them running around. They need to be culled like deer from time to time so they don't overgraze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29527033827168594962009-03-25T00:08:00.000-04:002009-03-25T00:08:00.000-04:00To the 5.13:I don't have a particularly high opini...To the 5.13:<BR/><BR/>I don't have a particularly high opinion of Bill O'Reilly, and frankly have no idea what criteria he uses in booking experts.<BR/><BR/>That said, I believe the issue is not "the fact that some people agree on some things and not on others," but rather Adjunct Professor Murphy's public and demonstrably false statements. It is rare indeed, even in the world of cable television, for a commentator not to be held accountable for such a record--perhaps one reason why CBS did not renew the adjunct professor as a legal analyst.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-13894470512186087722009-03-24T17:13:00.000-04:002009-03-24T17:13:00.000-04:00Seems some folks are having trouble digesting the ...Seems some folks are having trouble digesting the fact that some people agree on some things and not on others. Why can't it just be that Wendy Bill O' could sit down and have a discussion and not always reach the same conclusion. The Duke case is not some litmus test on whether or not you are sane. Nobody knows everyhting about any of the cases that we see on the cable shows. Bill says he is in agreement with Murphy about a specific case that happened in Boston. Stop overreacting all of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6580504608072553132009-03-24T13:13:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:13:00.000-04:00The Fox News crowd appears to be in bed with Wendy...The Fox News crowd appears to be in bed with Wendy Murphy.<BR/><BR/>Bill O'Reilly penned the foreword of Murphy's book, <B>And Justice For Some</B>, and the book's website displays testimonials from Geraldo Rivera and Andrew Napolitano.<BR/><BR/>So much for the Fox gang.<BR/><BR/>I was most disappointed to read a testimonial from Mark Levin, for whom I have great respect. I cannot fathom that Levin would not be informed about Murphy's lies and other despicable work surrounding the Duke rape hoax.Stuart McGeadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384232058188464218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45427695606116948162009-03-23T21:02:00.000-04:002009-03-23T21:02:00.000-04:00Just flipped through the channels and saw the last...Just flipped through the channels and saw the last part of a Murphy segment on O'Reilly.<BR/><BR/>He's really clueless for having that woman on his show.<BR/><BR/>She's lightened her hair and her lipstick was smeared all over her face.<BR/><BR/>What a loon.<BR/><BR/>Her eyes bug out when she gets excited about a topic.....a...la...Hillary Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Wendy Murphy gives me the creeps.<BR/><BR/>I didn't get to the segment in time to find what "great work" Murphy had been doing, but O'Reilly praised her for something having to do with helping women.<BR/><BR/>LOL!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66805853706128523702009-03-22T22:19:00.000-04:002009-03-22T22:19:00.000-04:00KC,This is somewhat off the Wendy topic and back t...KC,<BR/><BR/>This is somewhat off the Wendy topic and back to Robert K. Steele... I just got a Wells Fargo proxy and sadly RKS is up for election to the Board of Directors. If anyone else is a WFC stockholder, I hope you'll vote NO on Mr Steel and let the company know why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38452378582844898592009-03-22T19:33:00.000-04:002009-03-22T19:33:00.000-04:00It is ironic that wendy murphy would be grousing a...It is ironic that wendy murphy would be grousing about concealed information about this case. After the revelation of the DNA findings from DNA Security, wendy was arguing that nifong had a right/duty to withhold that information from the defense, that it was constitutionally protected information via cgm's right to privacy. Enter "Nifong" into a google search and the first hit is a YouTube video in which murphy argues this.<BR/><BR/>I guess lawyer(?) prosecutor(??) law professor(???) wendy heard neither of North Carolina's open discovery law nor of the Brady versus Maryland decision of the US Supreme Court.unbekanntehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156000065948879683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-74833496606222157872009-03-22T15:02:00.000-04:002009-03-22T15:02:00.000-04:00the 11:33 AM said, "If Crystal Mangum is lying, t...the 11:33 AM said, <BR/>"If Crystal Mangum is lying, then why isn't she added to the civil suits?"<BR/><BR/>Because she has no assets to pursue. Because, as the NC A/G said, there is no purpose in litigation against her.<BR/><BR/>Still unanswered by this commenter is exactly WHAT s/he expects to be revealed by "a full disclosure of the file".<BR/> <BR/>IF s/he can articulate the content, or even the subject of the "files", then indeed, we can agree that 'something (a response) happened'.<BR/><BR/>At this point, the 11:33 would be advised forgo Hamlet (doth protest too much), and consult Macbeth:<BR/><BR/>"A tale told by an idiot,<BR/>Full of Sound and Fury,<BR/>Signifying Nothing."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5103784088329831492009-03-22T14:51:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:51:00.000-04:00Well, 11:33, Crystal always can sue, which would c...Well, 11:33, Crystal always can sue, which would compel the opening of those files. Whoops! Crystal's early plan to sue (egged on by Mark Simeon and others) kind of fell flat.<BR/><BR/>By the way, how much money did Crystal receive from the government "victims' fund" during that time? Isn't it time for some disclosure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43581623658296651602009-03-22T11:33:00.000-04:002009-03-22T11:33:00.000-04:00Someone should ask clark why cgm has not filed a c...<I>Someone should ask clark why cgm has not filed a civil suit against the Lacrosse players. That would compel discovery of much of the info clark alleges is hidden.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><B>If</B> Crystal Mangum is lying, then why isn't she added to the civil suits? Or is someone afraid of pushing the issue? If someone has NOTHING to hide then why not add her to the suits. Wasn't there a law suit that was suppose to be filed against her if the book was published? What happened there? Crystal is NOT afraid to talk and tell what "happened".<BR/><BR/><I>Most of the reviews have been negative. Did cgm publish this "book" to test public opinion, to argue her case in the court of public opinion?</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>That's easy. The book reviews are most likely negative because of the lying liars that are trying to shout her down & shut her up. Seems like someone protest too much.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I believe a full disclosure of the file would solve many unanswered questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-90979403112278014912009-03-22T08:16:00.000-04:002009-03-22T08:16:00.000-04:00Someone should ask clark why cgm has not filed a c...Someone should ask clark why cgm has not filed a civil suit against the Lacrosse players. That would compel discovery of much of the info clark alleges is hidden.<BR/><BR/>The last time I checked, cgm's "book" was about 1.4 millionth in sales. Most of the reviews have been negative. Did cgm publish this "book" to test public opinion, to argue her case in the court of public opinion?<BR/><BR/>If so, the court of public opinion is finging heavily for the Lacrosse players and against her. Most of the public believes the revealed evidence, that cgm falsely accused three innocent men of raping her. There is no unrevealed evidence to the contrary.unbekanntehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156000065948879683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-55525834168451153702009-03-22T07:58:00.000-04:002009-03-22T07:58:00.000-04:00Exactly right, jvj! If there were some "smoking g...Exactly right, jvj! If there were some "smoking gun" hidden in the files, I can guarantee you it would have been uncovered and used. Furthermore, Durham and Duke would have used this information in their responses.<BR/><BR/>What Nifong's people are doing is what they did all during the time the criminal case was alive: make allegations and then tell the defense, "Disprove this!"<BR/><BR/>Had there been a legitimate criminal case, Coman and Winstead would have pursued it. The entire North Carolina justice system was taking a beating and they would have been quite glad to have vindicated it.<BR/><BR/>Instead, we have people like Nifong and Murphy and others just telling one lie after another, and then demanding we disprove them. This case started with a lie, and it continues as one lie after another being told by Nifong and his supporters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67228079134556906342009-03-22T07:23:00.000-04:002009-03-22T07:23:00.000-04:00Clark, Murphy, et al are engaging in the time hono...Clark, Murphy, et al are engaging in the time honored tradition of those who claim that there has to be something else and then claim that far and wide demanding that what they claim "must exist" because they "claim it to be so" be made public because the failure to do so proves the existence of "said evidence". <BR/>This claim has its origins in the NY Times article of 2006 in which the reporter (I believe it was Duff Wilson) said that he had seen evidence from Nifong's office that showed the three men were guilty. Of course, the Public Editor of the NY Times would later take the reporters and The Times to task over the article as well as that assertion. The article was part of an attempt by Nifong and his office to institute damage control over a case that was quickly unraveling. <BR/>Clark should ask his client Crystal to reveal her medical records. Both Clark and Murphy should detail what evidence they believe has not been made public. THey will do neither because in the first instance, Ms Mangum does not want her medical history revealed and in the second because both Clark and Murphy's claims are nothing more than their febrile imaginations.<BR/>cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87860263774563980642009-03-21T23:23:00.000-04:002009-03-21T23:23:00.000-04:00Vincent Clark appears to have left the following p...Vincent Clark appears to have left the following post to Murphy’s article:<BR/><BR/>“I have been reluctant to comment on blogs, message boards and newspaper sites. For almost three years I have been involved in the this case as confidant to the accuser and more recently the publisher of a book about Crystal Mangum. I can't remain the sidelines any longer. Wendy has a very valid point. We have been trying to get the North Carolina to release the records from the case. Crystal doesn't have anything to hide but others do. Take that anyway you want. I have a problem with the fact that anytime anyone wants to ask a question about how the AG handled the case, they get shouted down or shut out period. There is much more to know about this case and to be discussed. From a legal stand point, this certainly ranks as the most important case in North Carolina. Never has there ever been a sitting DA removed from office. We all know there have been much more serious allegations of misconduct by officials. Not a single DA other than Mike Nifong has ever been punished to such an extent and NO it was not justified. Crystal has made no money from the case. She went on the finish college like the others did. I an sick and tired of people talking about Nifong using this to advance his career or the professors on campus being responsible for a witch hunt. That is all myth! Release all of the records in the case like Ms. Murphy suggests. If the city of Durham or anyone is going to continue to spend money to fight litigation or pay damages, then there needs to be a full accounting of everything that happened. For the people who have made every effort to keep the records out of the public, you may have won for now but you can't keep it up forever.”<BR/><BR/>To which I responded:<BR/><BR/>If Mr. Clark doesn’t wish to remain on the sidelines any longer, perhaps he will tell us what is hidden in the files yet to be released. Anybody that has followed the civil suits know that the lax players have been trying for over a year to start discovery and want the full story known to all. The parties doing all that they can to suppress discovery are the city of Durham, Duke University, and Mike Nifong. If one were to believe Clark and Murphy, you would think that at least Nifong would want discovery to move forward a quickly as possible. (Of course after seeing his legal brilliance so far, maybe not.) Just what is the smoking gun that Murphy and Clark expect to be uncovered if the files are released? Stop making baseless insinuations and tell us what you think is being hidden or STFU!<BR/><BR/>jvjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16982354899556177372009-03-21T18:38:00.000-04:002009-03-21T18:38:00.000-04:00The above postings point out, once again, why the ...The above postings point out, once again, why the civil suits need to proceed. RCD will continue to be hounded by innuendoes from the likes of Murphy, Tyson, et al as well as those supporters of Mike Nifong and Crystal Mangum who maintain that "something happened". It will only be when Duke, Durham, the Durham PD, and DUMC are forced to apy and pay big that there will be some justice - there will never be complete justice because the lacrosse players and their families can never get back the sleepless nights, the worry they suffered, and the monetary losses they incurred as a result of one woman's false claims, a rogue prosecutor, a corrupt police department, a medical center that failed to follow its stated policies, a SANE nurse in training who had an ideological ax to grind, a group of professors who were more interested in advancing their own agendas than they were in the truth, a university administration that cared not a wit about its own students, and finally a BOT that was only concerned about the Duke brand than in the truth.<BR/>cksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-43123329085113469502009-03-21T08:24:00.000-04:002009-03-21T08:24:00.000-04:00It is interesting to see the lies that have come f...It is interesting to see the lies that have come from Nifong's camp over the past year. His Great Defender Sydney Harr has declared that the Seligmanns paid off Moez Elmostafa, and we also have read other personal attacks on Reade, Collin, and David.<BR/><BR/>This case has brought together a whole host of pathological liars from Harr to Nifong to Murphy to Mangum to Nancy Grace. Three of those liars actually have held the power to charge people with crimes and to have them railroaded into prison. That is the most frightening thing of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-55747434075217386902009-03-21T00:10:00.000-04:002009-03-21T00:10:00.000-04:00Chances are, if the SP's gathered any substantial ...Chances are, if the SP's gathered any substantial or significant evidence that has not been released, that it is at least embarrassing, if not devastating in terms of the pending lawsuits, to the Durham DA's office, to NC democrats, and to Duke.<BR/><BR/>What the conspiracy theorists fail to remember is that Coman and Winstead were known as unrelenting hardliners with regard to their prior prosecutions. <BR/><BR/>If there was any way to move forward with charges against anyone, they would have done something - anything - to prosecute someone - anyone.<BR/><BR/>Wendy Murphy hates herself so much, and she cannot believe that she is wrong in this case, that she must continue to smear the falsely accused with innuendo and malicious conspiracy theories. <BR/><BR/>I refuse to use the names of the falsely accused. They deserve better.<BR/><BR/>If there is a hell, the underworld is collectively rubbing their hands, and chuckling, in anticipation of Murphy's arrival.<BR/><BR/>Give it up, you Nifongerers!<BR/>NYESQ83Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62043004924585134742009-03-20T20:41:00.000-04:002009-03-20T20:41:00.000-04:00There are hundreds of pages included in discovery ...There are hundreds of pages included in discovery (excluding Crystal's medical and psychological reports) which have not been made public. <BR/><BR/>Nifong provided many pages of allegedly duplicate or irrelevant information. We have not seen this information because of its unimportance to the AG's investigation and in Nifong's disbarment hearing and criminal contempt trial. <BR/><BR/>I suspect that the 8:43 realizes that the missing pages contain no important information relevant to the criminal case that is damaging to the players. <BR/><BR/>The DPD may have uncovered some embarrassing incidents--they spent far more effort investigating the players' pasts than in investigating the case. Because Nifong did not use this information, we may guess that they are less embarrassing than the McFadyen e-mail. <BR/><BR/>Dirt is apparently all that interests the 8:43.JSwifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758976125626982551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25318841790634108892009-03-20T20:22:00.000-04:002009-03-20T20:22:00.000-04:00What gets me about these allegations that some 'ev...What gets me about these allegations that some 'evidence' exists to prove Mangum's claims is why didn't Nifong make it public? He lost his job, his law license, and spent one night in jail over this case. If he had some real evidence, he would have made it public long ago.Jungle Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772874200270025806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23377091091945971032009-03-20T17:28:00.000-04:002009-03-20T17:28:00.000-04:00Dule 1965 :: 3/20/09 12:41 PM :: said... ...One of...Dule 1965 :: 3/20/09 12:41 PM :: said... <BR/><BR/>...One of the worst downsides of the Internet is that one can say just about anything, no matter how irresponsible.<BR/>...<BR/>::<BR/>Ponder but for a brief moment all those things they were saying behind our backs before the Internet!<BR/><BR/>You need only scroll up to 12:55 and read about 'rank incompetence' of legal minds in the academy. All of 'em...apparently. <BR/><BR/>Durham-in-Wonderland has given me a new appreciation for the practical application of freedom and freedom of speech. <BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19263130291953249602009-03-20T14:29:00.000-04:002009-03-20T14:29:00.000-04:00It is interesting to read many of the comments bas...It is interesting to read many of the comments based in "fact" as many of them are, but at bottom, this is an argument of power driven by control of narrative or definitions . . . controlling the metanarative at the bottom of which are assumptions concerning women . . . all women are abused, raped, or tell the truth, etc. If that is the demanded "truth," and a certain group demands that it is the truth, than all argument or discussion or "other" truth is to be dismissed, denied, and derided. People who think this way . . . the DukeGroup88 and Murphy are frauds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67720701169486367812009-03-20T13:59:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:59:00.000-04:00Murphy is astonishingly misguided (to put it kindl...Murphy is astonishingly misguided (to put it kindly). NC has an open discovery law, and she can review the file any time she likes. The portions of Mangum's psychological history can also be released if Ms. Murphy feels like writing a motion to unseal (I believe they were subject to a seal order by the Court if memory serves) these portions of the record.<BR/><BR/>-Esquire-<BR/>-Maryland-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-11163863676640475512009-03-20T13:54:00.000-04:002009-03-20T13:54:00.000-04:007:33 AMWe don't need no stinkin' text to know that...7:33 AM<BR/><BR/>We don't need no stinkin' text to know that north is always wrong." Er, . . . ok, ok . . . North as in North Carolina, maybe, but that is the point and the attitude of those like Wendy Murphy, the DukeGroup88, and the feminist, and others of their ilk if all it takes is accusation you have no law or sane society. If you define everthing in such a way as to not allow any defense you have no law but that of the lynch mob . . . it sounds familiar . . . can you say Duke University and remember the actions of those who should have known better as they pursued the modern equivalent of the Salem trials . . . not a trial of witches but one by witches or bolsheviks who cared nothing for the truth only caring for power and their pound of flesh which they got from those who were supposed to be in charge, but were known not to be. <BR/><BR/>These malevolent reactionaries were rewarded in their attempt and were not held accountable as individuals . . . they still ply their trade . . . in South, I say South ( a wonderful word) I say South as in South Carolina a small textile community . . . at once considered an "ignorant" benighted community possessed of few if any PhD's was blessed with a wise law officer who was able to see through the accusations of a woman. One whose same accusations would some years ago have lead to a lynching or two in a situation not unlike Durham's but one with more intelligent people. These accusation would have run their course at the real cost of human life . . . this is what fools like Murphy and the DukeGroup88 feminists refuse to understand about their own behavior. As it was, the ruin of several young men nearly happened at Durham. The "educated" classes in this country have become fools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45618263316391226602009-03-20T12:55:00.000-04:002009-03-20T12:55:00.000-04:00Real lawyers, ones that practice every day, wince ...Real lawyers, ones that practice every day, wince when talking heads like Murphy weigh in on any legal issue. <BR/><BR/>A law professor is generally an out of touch academic that eschewed actual practice or was pushed out because of rank incompetence or an inability to follow the law. <BR/><BR/>Law professors can say, believe and write anything: they don't have to follow the law or persuade a judge (who is bound most times). Law professors find esteem and awards not for following the law, but being edgy and outside the law as normal lawyers understand it. <BR/><BR/>Unlike a chemistry professor that cannot claim oil and water mix, law professors become progressively out of touch with law as practiced and as it really exists. <BR/><BR/>They argue for restrictions on free speech because they politicize nude photographs; they think there is a "hate speech" exception to the first Amendment. Some like Murphy would turn upside down, the burdens of proof in criminal cases as every practicing lawyer understands them.<BR/><BR/>Allowing Murphy to comment on criminal law is like having a barista advise on astro physics or an animal shelter volunteer define the standard of care for ER physicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com