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I haven't heard that a defendant in question threatend to rape both of them with a broomstick. I have heard that one of the kids present suggested they use the broom as a sex toy. There is an issue there. Was it light hearted joking while a kid was drunk? Was it an actual threat? Who knows.
I think the DA had to do something. People took this allegation to the extreme around Durham. (I'm not far from Durham, so this is all I hear about all day) The public outrage (for no real reason) prompted the DA to make some sort of move. He may have felt that he was better off at least trying something than doing nothing especially right before election.
Remember, the DA was gungho about the DNA results because he "knew it would be bulletproof". When that didn't happen, what is he supposed to do? Well like any gungho over-anxious DA, you go to a closed Grand Jury session and get an indictment. Had the DA really had anything to get a firm conviction in this case, there would have been a preliminary hearing (can't remember the exact name of the hearing).
Now, like I said I am leaning towards the Boys in this case, but if something comes out to prove otherwise I will happily retract and support whatever sentence they receive.
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