http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1873003
"What seems very apparent is the prosecution made missteps early on," said
Denver attorney Lisa Wayne, who has defended numerous sexual assault

"They never got to know this woman."
Wendy Murphy, a professor at the New England School of Law, Boston, said
Hurlbert was just trying to shift responsibility.
"It's a different way of blaming the victim, it's the government sluffing

onto the victim the failure of the justice system," she said. "It's the
prosecutor's job, it's the government's responsibility to pursue this."
Defense attorney Larry Pozner said prosecutors and investigators made a
fatal mistake by arresting Bryant and filing the charge before having full
knowledge of the alleged victim's activities and the DNA test results.
"The defense kept pulling in dump trucks full of evidence until they
[prosecutors] drowned in bad facts," he said. "Any time you see the

ahead of the prosecution it can only be because the prosecution didn't

to know something.
"The prosecution said 'Let's not do anything that could hurt us,' " Pozner
said. "That's not a search for justice, it's a conviction-at-any-cost
mentality. Sometimes the bravest thing you do is look at your police and

we don't have a case."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1873003
"What seems very apparent is the prosecution made missteps early on," said
Denver attorney Lisa Wayne, who has defended numerous sexual assault

"They never got to know this woman."
Wendy Murphy, a professor at the New England School of Law, Boston, said
Hurlbert was just trying to shift responsibility.
"It's a different way of blaming the victim, it's the government sluffing

onto the victim the failure of the justice system," she said. "It's the
prosecutor's job, it's the government's responsibility to pursue this."
Defense attorney Larry Pozner said prosecutors and investigators made a
fatal mistake by arresting Bryant and filing the charge before having full
knowledge of the alleged victim's activities and the DNA test results.
"The defense kept pulling in dump trucks full of evidence until they
[prosecutors] drowned in bad facts," he said. "Any time you see the

ahead of the prosecution it can only be because the prosecution didn't

to know something.
"The prosecution said 'Let's not do anything that could hurt us,' " Pozner
said. "That's not a search for justice, it's a conviction-at-any-cost
mentality. Sometimes the bravest thing you do is look at your police and

we don't have a case."

Agree with Mr. Pozner. But who is this Wendy Murphy who keeps getting
quoted? She sounds like a feminist publicity hound.

In article <ijyZc.5171$w%6.96@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Offshore Eddie <eddie@nospam.com> wrote:
Wendy Murphy is a shrill, feminista skank who has been making the
rounds of the Gerald Rivera (Gerry Rivers), Chris Matthews, sorts of
shows since the O.J. trial. She always argues the "if a woman says she
was raped, then she was raped" side.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1873003
"What seems very apparent is the prosecution made missteps early on," said
Denver attorney Lisa Wayne, who has defended numerous sexual assault cases.
"They never got to know this woman."
Wendy Murphy, a professor at the New England School of Law, Boston, said
Hurlbert was just trying to shift responsibility.
"It's a different way of blaming the victim, it's the government sluffing of
onto the victim the failure of the justice system," she said. "It's the
prosecutor's job, it's the government's responsibility to pursue this."

Defense attorney Larry Pozner said prosecutors and investigators made a
fatal mistake by arresting Bryant and filing the charge before having full
knowledge of the alleged victim's activities and the DNA test results.
"The defense kept pulling in dump trucks full of evidence until they
[prosecutors] drowned in bad facts," he said. "Any time you see the defense
ahead of the prosecution it can only be because the prosecution didn't want
to know something.
"The prosecution said 'Let's not do anything that could hurt us,' " Pozner
said. "That's not a search for justice, it's a conviction-at-any-cost
mentality. Sometimes the bravest thing you do is look at your police and say
we don't have a case."

Oh, and it's not the accuser's responsibility to HELP THEM?

"Michael Snyder" <msnyder@redhat.com> wrote
Not after their incompetance and negligence put her in mortal hazard.

Hescuse me, I don't think a subpoena can be ignored just because the
reluctant witness has had to experience the exact same "mortal hazard"
as the accused...

"Michael Snyder" <msnyder@redhat.com> wrote
then Kobe should have insisted that his name be cleared, the #@&@

apologize, pay him his damages, and clear his name.

I agree. See? How easy was that.

"Michael Snyder" <msnyder@redhat.com> wrote
then Kobe should have insisted that his name be cleared, the #@&@

apologize, pay him his damages, and clear his name.
Cool.
So you figure his counterclaim to her complaint in Federal Court is just
about ready to file, eh?
Or do you think he's afraid of having his admission and apology made
available?
Chas

"Michael Snyder" <msnyder@redhat.com> wrote
then Kobe should have insisted that his name be cleared, the #@&@

apologize, pay him his damages, and clear his name.
Cool.
So you figure his counterclaim to her complaint in Federal Court is just
about ready to file, eh?
Or do you think he's afraid of having his admission and apology made
available?