tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post5315241763259005597..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Meehan on 60 Minuteskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-68650010740647959672007-01-12T15:28:00.000-05:002007-01-12T15:28:00.000-05:00Time to flood the NC AG with demands for a new & i...Time to flood the NC AG with demands for a new & improved legal system ...<br />1. Whatever happened to the constitutional right to a speedy trial. I guess NC is exempt.<br />2. How is it possible that Grand Jury proceedings are not recorded in some way, that is absurd and BEGS for abuse of power.<br />3. The orignal judges gag order was unconstitutional, how does NC prevent this from happening again.<br />4. How is it possible that civil rights get violated (line-up), evidence hidden (DNA Lab), The liar is not interviwed until December (alleged crime in March) in a high profile case ?<br />5. Why do these defense motions get tabled for so long (back to speedy trial I suppose)<br />6. Freedom of speech is one thing, but public vilification of these young men was a crime as far as I am concerned, it has to have caused enormous pain and suffering for they as well as their families.<br />7. Finally, the police are supposed to be our protectors, we pay them via our tax dollars. THe public has a right to DEMAND honest, unbiased execution of their duties.<br /><br />How can all this happen in one case, it's not possible, statistically, it has to go on all the time. !!!!!<br /><br />LIVIDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-86953913407830236122007-01-12T12:15:00.000-05:002007-01-12T12:15:00.000-05:00I disagree that the G88 will be let off. Their st...I disagree that the G88 will be let off. Their statement did not disclose that they were not acting on behalf of Duke and they signed it while on the face of the document other departments at Duke were recognized. Its a clear violation of trust in my opinion and acting without authorization.<br /><br />Duke did nothing to protect the boys and everything to allow them to be the center of a 3 ring circus. <br /><br />Not only that, a decent net detective could probably trace many of the inflammatory forum postings and emails back to some of the 88. If that is the case then they should be sued for defamation etc.<br /><br />On top of all this, the internet keeps everything. In my opinion an enterprising lawyer could go back and sue the pants off all the bloggers who called them rapists (like redstatefeminist and other feminist groups), not to mention all the people calling them rapists in the comments.<br /><br />This is a clear example of how rape can be used as a political tool and its also a clear example of how the pseudo sciences aren't really eductation but indoctrination and a political soapbox.<br /><br />Sorry, but I'm sick of the political correctness, upside down, black is white world. Lets clean up academia, drop women's studies and get some real education in our colleges before China and India school us on common sense.<br /><br />Just my 2centsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85803858321536630372007-01-12T11:10:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:10:00.000-05:00To 10:35 #1
Goldwwater was cooked over the use of...To 10:35 #1<br /><br />Goldwwater was cooked over the use of the word pic#$%^ny. It is a about the same as the n-word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-67499272124405572212007-01-12T09:13:00.000-05:002007-01-12T09:13:00.000-05:008:46
Noticed Nifong's attorney is originally f...8:46<br /><br /> Noticed Nifong's attorney is originally from Philadelphia. I find it ironic he has selected a "yankee" to represent him. Why did he hire an "out of town, Yankee" lawyer to defend him? I thought all Durham problems demanded a Durham solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36271147073843717732007-01-12T08:46:00.000-05:002007-01-12T08:46:00.000-05:00Bio on Nifong's attorney
David B. Freedman
Membe...Bio on Nifong's attorney<br /><br /><br />David B. Freedman<br />Member<br />Email: david@cfpwlaw.com<br /><br />Practice Areas: Federal and State Criminal Law; Personal Injury Law.<br /><br />Admitted: 1982, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina<br /><br />Law School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1982<br /><br />College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1979<br /><br />Member: Forsyth County (Former President) and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Joseph Branch Inns of Court; Business North Carolina Elite Superlawyers of N.C.<br /><br />Biography: Listed in The Best Lawyers of America, Criminal Law Section. Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University, School of Law. (Board Certified Specialist in Federal and State Criminal Law)<br /><br />Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1956Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35446246961866752402007-01-12T08:13:00.000-05:002007-01-12T08:13:00.000-05:00The DLax Moms are powerful...we love our sons...ha...The DLax Moms are powerful...we love our sons...have spent so much time and energy giving them the right educational basis to be admitted into Duke University, as well as the commitment to the sports. It takes years of development to play at at strong D1 program.<br />This DA took on the wrong group of people. Why? JUSTICE!!! <br />We all know these boys. Although not perfect, they are most certainly not the 'bad boys' as has been portrayed in the media. We are fighting for their reputations. <br />THe flight from the university, the misconduct from the DA and the DPD...rest assured...EVERY member of the team will be SO due compensation for the civil rights that were taken from the boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-77020491026409680442007-01-12T02:51:00.000-05:002007-01-12T02:51:00.000-05:00"they need to accept responsibility for their acti..."they need to accept responsibility for their actions, resign from their respective posts and move to siberia."<br /><br />They are all Democrats, they don't resign they pull a Clinton! 100% of the time! <br /><br />Sorry did not mean to bring such into this, as it really does go way beyond red blue crap. But such is the history...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65646493131428428652007-01-12T02:46:00.000-05:002007-01-12T02:46:00.000-05:00This firm should be out of business by sun up!
Cu...This firm should be out of business by sun up!<br /><br />Cuz right now iffin I was this feller, I'd be packin up and making my best attempt to disappear off the face of the earth! <br /><br />But then again, you can run, and you can hide, just means you will be tired and worn out when found is all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91625502857217757152007-01-12T01:44:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:44:00.000-05:00Were I a Duke alumnus, I would suggest that if Duk...Were I a Duke alumnus, I would suggest that if Duke wishes to receive any more contributions from me they should:<br /><br />-1- Adjust the G88 prof's course loads and the University's graduation requirements so that no course that counted toward graduation was taught by a G88 prof. This may require hiring additional profs, but if Duke followed the instructions here contributions should cover that.<br /><br />-2- Give the G88 profs new cubicles and classrooms in a minimally-remodeled storage building.<br /><br />-3- Pay the G88 profs no more than absolutely required, and take them off payroll as soon as contractually possible.<br /><br />G88 profs who were to individually write letters of apology might be able to avoid reassignment if the apologies were sincere and contrite. Not sure how many would be able to take up such an offer, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7606856306614765622007-01-12T01:23:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:23:00.000-05:00There is the answer - give the Duke facility to NC...There is the answer - give the Duke facility to NCCU. Move Duke to a different city - up north.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73234198383868088622007-01-12T01:22:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:22:00.000-05:00Re Steven Horwitz's comments: Much of what you lay...Re Steven Horwitz's comments: Much of what you lay out as the limited potential fallout for the G88 from this case seems fairly plausible. In fact, in the more rarefied multiculti circles at Duke, I'm sure the G88 will find their reputation enhanced by this travesty, nothwithstanding the case heading toward a complete unravelling.<br /><br />The wildcard here is going to be the potential feeding frenzy of civil litigation following the dismissal of charges. What construction contractors were to post-Katrina New Orleans, civil litigators may well be to Duke come this spring. The exposure--and free advertising--for any hotshot or hotshot-wannabe attorney associated with any suit in connection with any of the potential liable parties will be huge. Novel legal approaches may well be deployed to try to get some of those more peripherally involved before a civil jury. Some or all of the G88 may fall into this camp; any who have taken a more active role in making potentially defamatory or inciting statements about this case at critical junctures, like Davidson, may well end up in court. <br /><br />The biggest question will be whether Duke will pick up the legal tab for any or all of the G88 who are sued, be they sued as a group, or under some particular suits, as individuals. The legal theories of the suits will likely argue in the alternative for suing the G88 as acting within the scope of employment vis a vis Duke (to reach Duke's deep pockets in relation to suing the G88), but also sue them individually, in case the Duke suit--in relation to the G88 only I am talking here-- doesn't go forward. Of course, Duke will want very much to avoid the ongoing publicity generated by a protracted series of lawsuits, and will likely pony up millions to settle the multiple claims brought against Duke, both those involving the G88, and otherwise. <br /><br />I will be surprised if Duke does not bundle the G88 into any settlement they make, covering all their legal costs. Woe to a G88'er who Duke decides to cut loose. They better be ready to take out a second mortgage on that colonial their princely Duke salaries paid for.Newyorkstateofmindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165305454568651927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32127201572292793422007-01-12T01:15:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:15:00.000-05:00Read the ADAMS REPORT OF APRIL 19th. You read Susa...Read the ADAMS REPORT OF APRIL 19th. You read Susan Filan saying " could have been seven minutes - when something really awful happens to yo etc,etc." Nifong lifted the entire statement used by Susan Filan to the judge in court in September when he changed the timeline to five to ten minutes max. Does Susan not remember what she said or is she covering for the Fong? I find this astonishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91134683178165715242007-01-12T01:08:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:08:00.000-05:00My numbering is off on the ratemyprofessor post. S...My numbering is off on the ratemyprofessor post. Sorry. Happens when you add another point and are in a hurry to post so you can sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80064162446014460242007-01-12T01:06:00.000-05:002007-01-12T01:06:00.000-05:00The ratemyprofessor.com evaluations of KC should n...The ratemyprofessor.com evaluations of KC should not be taken at face value.<br /><br />I use ratemyprofessor and am aware of the abuse that sometimes occurs on it (I was a moderator). Faculty often post positive reviews to counter real student reviews that are negative (and generally legitimate). Students attack faculty after receiving poor grades-which is usually their own fault (the class was too difficult - happens to be one of the complaints here). Political viewpoints are another and even extend into the economic courses (professors are not willing to engage in communist theory for example but stick to orthodox economics).<br /><br />1. The majority of the comment are HIGHLY POSITIVE and full of praise. Those that are not and that predate the lacrosse hoax had to do with individuals that wanted KC to know that they go to 'Brooklyn' not 'Harvard' (ie too difficult) or that he was not 'accepting' of other 'viewpoints'. Exactly what this means is never discussed (an example would help and I provide them with all reviews that I write).<br /><br />1. A student can post a comment at a university they DO NOT ATTEND. This happens frequently when a professor becomes nationally known due to some controversial/hot button issue. One example is the 'native american' professor that called the victims of 9/11 'little eichmans'. He received many, many reviews that were vicious (this is supposed to be about courses taken not your feelings about someone whose courses you have never took). <br /><br />2. Several of the comments were obscene and the moderators deleted the text left after it was flagged by another registered member. The 'frown face' remains regardless (if they delete a comment they do not and cannot delete the frown face for whatever reason).<br /><br />3. KC is not well liked by certain individuals including certain students and faculty in Durham, NC. Actually this would extend to anyone (ratemyprofessor is available to all)<br /><br />4. KC had 'bad press/good press' due to his tenure process. It was contentious and left people 'hurt' (faculty) and with the impression that is a conservative (he is not) because he was 'forced' to allow that label to be used to prevail in his tenure dispute (the reasons for his initial denial were petty and some were outright fabrications - witness the union rep collegiality issue - the other professor never wanted the job).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76929038422285120852007-01-12T00:27:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:27:00.000-05:00Sorry to repeat a comment, but how does all this s...Sorry to repeat a comment, but how does all this square with her driver, Brian Taylor's, statements? All I could find is an interview in the N&O which states: "According to a copy of the accuser's phone bill reviewed by The N&O, she received short calls at 11:11 p.m. and 11:22 p.m., and then called her father at 11:25, a call that lasted 7 minutes. She received two more calls, at 11:33 and 11:36. This last call lasted three minutes, indicating she did not arrive at the party until 11:39 p.m. at the earliest. Brian Taylor, a friend who drove her to the party, told The N&O in May she was late and he had difficulty finding the house.<br />"On our way there, she got two calls on her cell phone saying if you don't come soon, it's going to get canceled," Taylor said in an interview in May"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-72160487070058782602007-01-12T00:26:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:26:00.000-05:00re: 11:54
The Bar should include Freedman's comme...re: 11:54<br /><br />The Bar should include Freedman's comments on the next set of charges.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62800617433665442392007-01-12T00:22:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:22:00.000-05:00re: 11:46
What would be really cool is
getting Me...re: 11:46<br /><br />What would be really cool is<br />getting Meehan on the stand and asking this very question.<br /><br />Something like: is it the practice of this lab to hide information when the client requests it?<br /><br />Have you ever done this before with Nifong?<br /><br />OBJECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />Overruled.<br /><br />Bailiff, take Mr. Nifong into custody.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381497683202091939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25771636580695219802007-01-12T00:00:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:00:00.000-05:00A huge comeback for Jason T.
Only the blog journa...A huge comeback for Jason T.<br /><br />Only the blog journalism would have broken that story<br /><br />Hilarious<br /><br />I guess Nifong will have to go with Woody Vann now.<br /><br />This is going to be fun watching Fong go from lawyer to lawyer on a daily basis.<br /><br />Friggin hilariousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5514319800145690172007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:00I'll take 'Irony' for $100, Alex
Regarding defend...<b>I'll take 'Irony' for $100, Alex</b><br /><br />Regarding defendant Nifong's recently-hired attorney - <br /><br />From Jason T on LS:<br /><br /><i>"How ironic. David Freedman was a guest on MSNBC early on and was critical of Nifong's conduct in general and his extrajudicial statements in particular:"</i><br /><br /><b><i>DAVID FREEDMAN, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY</b>: Well, that everything has been mishandled from the start. You had a district attorney coming out and making potentially unethical statements, saying he believed a crime occurred, which he should not do. He should not be commenting on the evidence. He took an adversarial position from the start.<br /><br />We had a situation recently in Winston-Salem that could have been racially divisive represented, Wake Forest, black football player, white female student. If the D.A. who was actually a former Duke lacrosse player himself, Jim O'Neill (ph), had taken the position and come out strong like Mr. Nifong had that something definitely occurred and sort of played the race card, it would have been very racially divisive. <br /><br />Instead, he listened to the evidence. He let everyone be interviewed. We were all able to meet in a more congenial fashion and after a careful determination they determined that there was no charges that needed to be brought. Nobody was hurt. Nobody's face was plastered all over the front of “USA Today”...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12405242/"><b>The Abrams Report for April 19</b></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64948608964203365512007-01-11T23:48:00.001-05:002007-01-11T23:48:00.001-05:00"The point of that article ["Cry Me a River"], whi..."The point of that article ["Cry Me a River"], which I have read, was that because this Johnson person had been framed some years ago there was no reason to feel badly for tghe Duke 3.<br /><br />That was the explicit tone and intent of the article."<br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, that was the tone of the article.<br /><br />A very surprising tone from the author, Greg Kane - the lone conservative columnist of the Baltimore Sun - whose thoughtful and brutally honest work I have admired for many years.<br /><br />His hardened callousness towards the obviously falsely accused Duke LAXers was more than a little surprising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-13084261681568645422007-01-11T23:48:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:48:00.000-05:00Punishments:
Nifong - disbarment, 1 year imprison...Punishments:<br /><br />Nifong - disbarment, 1 year imprisonment. Civil judgment against him and Durham for $1.5 million per defendant. <br /><br />Precious - 6 mos. jail time, 5 suspended conditioned on drug rehab treatment, 2 years probation with monthly drug testing.<br /><br />Duke - nothing formal. What will happen is enough, i.e. drop in rating and prestige, drop in alumni giving for a few years. Held up as an example of how not to handle a crisis.<br /><br />Group of 88 -- continued calumny. Permanent reprimand in their personnel jackets. Anyone not already tenured should be knocked off tenure track. <br /><br />Individual professors -- Curtis or anyone else shown to retaliate on grades be dismissed for cause, with the reason noted in their personnel jackets. $25,000 civil judgment to Dowd and $10,000 to the other kid against Curtis for intentional infliction of emotional distress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24146919331512642372007-01-11T23:46:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:46:00.000-05:00I wonder how many other times the lab and Nifong h...I wonder how many other times the lab and Nifong have conspired to withhold evidence? If they lies once, could they have lied before? Could this be a chance for anyone who has been convicted to get an appeal?<br /><br />Nifong has opened a huge can of worms.Rouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459659398010937497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-69905221013485500142007-01-11T23:40:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:40:00.000-05:00Anyone interested in a book of Brodhead's speeches...Anyone interested in a book of Brodhead's speeches<br /><br />THE GOOD OF THIS PLACE, Values and Challenges in College Education by Richard H. Brodhead.<br /><br />They are on special at the Duke Bookstore.<br /><br />There is a chapter on the value of institutional cowardice that is oddly compelling<br /> <br />http://www.dukestore.com/ePOS?this_category=12&store=106&item_number=65496&form=shared3%2fgm%2fdetail%2ehtml&design=106Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91702232116465877852007-01-11T23:31:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:31:00.000-05:00Governor Easley and AG Cooper still on extended va...Governor Easley and AG Cooper still on extended vacation or have they gone to the moon?<br /><br />Your state needs you, d** quick,it's going down the drain fast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49054221536679224502007-01-11T23:30:00.001-05:002007-01-11T23:30:00.001-05:00To 11:26 --
Keep an open mind about both argument...To 11:26 --<br /><br />Keep an open mind about both arguments, use your gut-feeling assessing the credibility of the lawyers on both sides...<br /><br />Reasonable doubt....<br /><br />Best to let 10 guilty men go free than falsely deprive one man of his liberty..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com