Reply #70: But here's the core problem. If she was so "falling down passed out [View All]

[pnwmom]

drunk or drugged" then how could any of her I.D.'s be at all reliable? Especially when the photo line-up consisted only of players on the lacrosse team?

Whether the students are guilty or not isn't the issue to me anymore. This case has been destroyed. It was murky to begin with, because of her cognitive state, and it became even murkier because of the D.A.'s stupid decisions.

I can't imagine that a rape could ever be provable in this case -- beyond a reasonable doubt -- and that's still the standard. Whether the students are guilty or not, I'll be shocked if a court ever finds them so.

In fact, it would be kind of scary for the rest of us if a D.A. anywhere could get a conviction based on a rigged line-up, partial or no DNA, a pubic hair with no root (thus, no DNA), no supporting witnesses, a second dancer who initially said the charges were "a crock" (but changed her story when she sought a publicist), a drunken victim, a solid alibi for at least one defendant, etc., etc.

Yes, it will be terribly sad if she was raped and justice isn't done. But I just don't see how there will ever be a solid case. Even if the DA is hiding his best evidence, there's still too many questions. Especially with regard to her I.D. of the three defendents, given her mental state and the rigged line-up.

P.S. the prosecutor gave more than 70 interviews to the press in the run-up to his election. Why wasn't that "poisoning the jury pool"?