Lacking Dna Tie, Prosecutor Drops Duke Rape Charges ; 3 Lacrosse Players Still Face Other Counts
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 26, 2006
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DURHAM, N.C. Nine months into the Duke lacrosse rape case, the prosecutor blinked.
Charges of sexual offense and kidnapping remain, but District Attorney Mike Nifong for the first time admitted weakness in his case: "The state is unable to meet its burden of proof with respect to this offense," he wrote.See the full content of this document
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Lacking Dna Tie, Prosecutor Drops Duke Rape Charges ; 3 Lacrosse Players Still Face Other Counts
So, after moving forward, sometimes under heavy criticism, with a case against the three athletes despite a lack of DNA evidence implicating them, Nifong dropped the rape charges Friday.
Nifong said in court papers the accuser told an in...See the full content of this document
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