Duke Lacrosse Case ESPN Documentary

GoNoles85
Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:20:40 +0000

Well, this topic interests me, so I’ll say the two parts of the ESPN Doc that sticks out to are:

1. The young defense attorney calls around to find out how to impeach or even understand DNA testing and evidence. Someone at another law firm recommends a book on Amazon. They buy it. The young defense atty reads it late into the night. Law school didn't prepare him for that. Day after day the more experienced lawyers are going home and he is still there, in the conference room, head in the book trying to figure it out. They have a hearing and unexpectedly the state's DNA expert is there. The defense lawyers all huddle up. They decide they can't ask for more time. It is now or never. So, under great pressure, the young lawyer who taught himself gets up there and gets the state's DNA expert to admit that his work was exculpatory. Stunning. Bomb shell. After all the things the DA has been saying to the media including the blatant lie that the DNA evidence did implicate the players this is as stunning as it gets in open court. Nifong is in court and it melting like the witch at the end of the Wizard of Oz as it happens. Just extraordinary.

2. When the Duke La-X captain told the media what they were reporting was a bunch of lies. His entire statement was amazing. He was scared and not used to public speaking so what do you do? You speak from the heart. That was as good as it gets. If I was that young man's dad I would have hugged him heard enough to break his ribs.