Duke LaCrosse rape hoaxer on trial for murder

Ha ha ha, karma is a (*)(*)(*)(*)(*) (and so are you).

I think it was a show trial - it fit the left's desire to portray blacks as 'perpetual victims of persecution' so the media was all over it.

If it'd been a trial about a white woman allegedly gang-raped by several black men, it probably never would have made it past local news. There have been stories within the last several months, including black youths shooting a white baby in the head in front of its mother, and black youths raping 90 year old white women - these were forgotten within a week because they didn't fit the politically correct agenda

http://www.wral.com/jurors-in-murder-trial-to-be-quizzed-about-duke-lacrosse-case/13080949/

DURHAM, N.C. — A Superior Court judge said Wednesday that he would include questions about 2006 rape allegations against Duke University lacrosse players in a questionnaire for potential jurors in an upcoming Durham murder trial.

Crystal Mangum, 34, is charged in the April 2011 death of Reginald Daye. Jury selection in her trial is scheduled to start next Tuesday.

Mangum is most known for her March 2006 claim that three players on the Duke lacrosse team trapped her inside a bathroom at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where she was performing as a stripper at a team party, and raped and sexually assaulted her. Her story about the incident was so inconsistent that Attorney General Roy Cooper later declared the players innocent, saying there was no credible evidence against them.

During a pre-trial motions hearing Wednesday, defense attorney Daniel Meier asked that potential jurors be questioned individually so as not to taint anyone with limited knowledge about the Duke lacrosse case.

"You run the risk, if you have the whole jury in here, that someone may make comments that will prejudice the jury panel or that will educate others on how to get off the case," Meier told Judge Paul Ridgeway. "We need an easier environment for the jury to discuss their feelings comfortably."

Durham County Assistant District Attorney Charlene Coggins-Franks argued that Mangum and her supporters have generated much of the publicity surrounding the Duke lacrosse case in recent years.

"She has generated a majority of the information to the media. She shouldn't benefit from it now by getting individual voir dire," Coggins-Franks said.

Ridgeway rejected the notion of questioning people one by one, saying everyone in the 70-person jury pool would get a questionnaire to determine their exposure to the earlier case and whether they could put aside any personal opinions about Mangum to fulfill their civic duty as jurors. Jurors would then be brought into the courtroom in groups of 12 for more questioning, he said.

Prosecutors also will be prohibited from mentioning the Duke lacrosse case during the trial, with the possible exception of challenging Mangum's credibility as a witness, Ridgeway ruled.

"From our perspective, Duke lacrosse is completely unrelated to this case," Meier said.

Mangum is claiming self-defense in Daye's stabbing, alleging it was a case of domestic violence.

Daye, 46, was stabbed with a kitchen knife during an argument at his Durham apartment, police said. He and Mangum had been dating for about a month at the time of his death.

Meier asked that Daye not be referred to as a victim during the trial.

Coggins-Franks responded that Daye was a stabbing victim.

Ridgeway said he usually refers to someone as "an alleged victim," but he doesn't want to force prosecutors or witnesses to follow his lead.

After the hearing, Meier said he simply wants to limit linking the Duke lacrosse case to the murder trial as much as possible.

"We are going to limit it as far as evidentiary portion, but it will be key to jury selection," he said. "We can't avoid it. Every one of your stories is going to mention it. We can't avoid it, so obviously, it's our job to minimize the impact and make sure people can still be fair."

He said he never planned to move the trial out of Durham.

"We trust the citizens of Durham, and while there is a lot of notoriety, it does tend to cut both ways," he said. "We believe she does have the supporters and the people who can set it aside. She is from Durham. This case is all about Durham. So, we just wanted to keep it here."

 

Hmmm....... doesn't look to good for her b/c the LaCrosse case will be on the minds of the jurors as a lying pig, trying to destroy the lives of 3 innocent guys and a corrupt prosecutor helping her do it........

 

That POS is toast.

 

Yeah, she is. I don't pay attention to all trials, but this one I'll stayed tuned........

 

And just think how many folks on this forum believed her and would have sent those boys away to jail........I would bet that there is a strong correlation between those who supported Crystal Mangum and those who supported Trayvon......

 

You may have a valid point there....

It was that trial where I really started disliking that despicable Nancy Grace... DISGrace. After the trial when it was proven that Nifong was trying to railroad 3 guys into prison on false rape charges, she still kept screeching that those guys really were guilty of rape.... ignoring the fact that Mangum had told 4-5 different versions of what happened and 5-6 semen samples was found on her underwear and none belonged to the 3 guys.

That fat sow is a real disgrace to the legal profession.......

 

If Trayvon had lived he would be on trial for drugs, theft or murder.

 

Ugh! Do you have any clue what you're doing?! You're going to turn this into ANOTHER Martin thread and there's already dozens of them!

Please! Do NOT disturb the sleeping beasts......

 

you would be wrong... I supported the victims in both cases, the duke boys and Trayvon, all one has to do is look at the evidence presented, use that as your guide

I also support the victim in ManGum's current case....


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One racial hoax is as good as another. Anytime you mention race hoaxes you stir up the less informed.

 

I wonder if she'll be turning to the Duke staff who signed their support document in her favor for character reference.

 

I hope this whore is put away for a long time.

 

LOL.......yep, I wonder how many of those "progressive" professors will lend their support to crystal now that no White folks are involved........rhetorical question........ "progressives" are so damn boring and predictable.

 

While many here may find this incomprehensible, I think it's the only position with any merit. The victims are not the guilty parties, and the evidence tells us who are the victims.

As far as I can tell, Mangum herself is a little unstable, not quite playing with a full deck. The real issue with that case is that Nifong stacked the deck against the Duke men from the start - ignoring clear alibis, ignoring everyone else's (consistent) stories, presenting a lineup consisting ONLY of Duke Lacrosse team members for Mangum to choose from, etc.

Whether someone is the perp or whether someone is the victim depends on the facts, not their skin color or parentage.

 

She should already be put away for a long time. I've always believed that if you lie to the authorities and falsely accuse someone of something, and it can be conclusively proven you were lying, then you should be subject to the same sentence that the person you accused was looking at.

 

I agree, but it's a catch 22 for the victims of their accusations, if you make the laws stricter they will never tell the truth, they will take it to their grave

 

Thread re-opened.

 

Ironically I often hear liberals claim that the 'sentences are harder' specifically for blacks - so why is it then that she pretty much got off scott free for lying under oath about being raped?

BTW any idea what her motive was? I never picked up exactly why she randomly accused 3 innocent men of raping her

 

Who knows? I know the guys had a party and tho't they'd spice it up w/a stripper there.... the 3 she chose were 3 white dudes from wealthy families. She got lucky for several months there b/c Nifong never bothered to interview her and while she was telling several different versions about her 'rape', he was publicly branding the guys as rapists...... what a corrupt POS he is - and thank God, some public figure was paying attention and said there's something wrong w/this Duke/LaCrosse case and that's what turned it around and Nifong was investigated and end up losing his job. Couldn't have happened to a better person.......

I don't recall any case where the lying female screaming 'rape', the guy sent to prison, later it's proven he was innocent and she was charged w/filing false rape charges and jailed. She should be sentenced to the same length of time he served b/c of her lie.....

 

That is amazing isn't it, now tell us how many innocent black men have spent countless years in prison for the rape of a white woman they didn't commit and all it took to convict them was a white woman saying, "he did it".

 

Hmmmm, can you name one white woman who spent anytime in prison for falsely accusing a black man of rape.

 

Name one who was proven to have done so

 

I mean, I guess you can pretend that I went and sought out these disgusting details for my own, but its not how it is. She is a disgusting piece of trash from the beginning of her infamy. She got what she deserved and she is exactly what I said she is, most likely to get knocked up by a guard. Any person who is nasty enough to carry around that much DNA deserves exactly where she is, so take the tabloid chastising some place else.

 

Would you like for me to start with the Scottsboro Boys and work my way up.

 

I think the vast majority of blacks in prison for raping White women actually raped White women........'To Kill a Mockingbird' is fiction bro.......just sayin'