Duke lacrosse roundup from Herald Sun

Durham's Herald Sun newspaper includes a few new tidbits in today's article on the Duke lacrosse case.

First, the New Black Panther Party is getting involved:

An official with the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense said the black nationalist organization is providing security for the woman who has accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her.

Second, the father has "given apparently conflicting statements to different news organizations about whether his daughter is willing to testify":

The father has also given apparently conflicting statements to different news organizations about whether his daughter is willing to testify.

He told Fox News she is having doubts about taking the stand. "Not right now, I don't think she would," the accuser's father said. "She wouldn't want to." According to ESPN, he told MSNBC that while "she has talked about" wanting to drop the case because "she couldn't take it," she has decided at least for now to go forward.

But the father told The Herald-Sun on Wednesday evening that he hasn't discussed with his daughter whether she is willing to testify.

May 15 is going to be a mess:

In other lacrosse case developments, May 15 is evolving as a potentially pivotal day. That is Nifong's next opportunity to take the name of a third assailant to a grand jury for indictment. Although there's also a grand jury meeting Monday, Nifong faces a Democratic primary on Tuesday and has said he wouldn't seek and indictment the day before because it would appear to be politically motivated.

May 15 is also the day that a second round of DNA tests is expected back from a private laboratory. It is also the date for the next scheduled preliminary court hearing in the case.

And the identification process of the alleged third attacker appears to have gone awry:

Also Wednesday, attorney sources said the accuser was only 90 percent sure about her identification of one of three men she said attacked her, and she tripped up over a mustache.

Looking at a photo lineup, the dancer told police the man in question "looks just like him without the mustache," the lawyers said, citing a written investigative report.

But the alleged third rapist had no mustache on the relevant night, if he ever had one, according to attorneys. They said photographs and eyewitnesses would prove their point.

Comments

[John]

This makes one wonder.

Jesse Jackson has offered to pay for the accuser's education - whether the allegations are FALSE or not. The Black Panthers are guarding and driving her now.
Her Mother met with a high profile CIVIL attorney this week.

The second stripper wrote that she wanted to take advantage of this 'opportunity'. When did a Gang-Rape become an 'opportunity'?

This case makes the Michael Jackson trial look stellar in comparison.