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Posts #1-32 for an excellent example why criminal cases should never be tried in the media. No one here, with the sole exception of someone working for Nifong AND working on the case for him and happens to be a member of this board, has any idea of the evidence that the prosecution has. All the information in the public forum has been provided by the DEFENSE. We have not gotten to the point that the prosecution has to turn over any evidence to the defense. It's entirely possible that these lacrosse players taped themselves raping this woman (not saying such a tape exists, just that it could) and its now in prosecution hands. The defense would certainly not be in a rush to disclose that kind of information to the press, and from what I understand, Nifong has his office under a pretty short leash on this case.
I have no idea whether these kids are guilty or innocent, but there are people making presumptions based on partial evidence that may be misleading. Clearly, the timeline for the alibi of one of the accused makes it look difficult for him to take part in any crime that took place, but it's also entirely possible that the clocks on the cameras that took the pictures were off.
Regardless of the outcome, something happened to the woman at some point that night. Whether it was the lacrosse players that did it or if she was a willing participant in whatever caused the cuts and bruises is something best left to the courts. Enough of the truth will come out at trial.
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