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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040913-692878,00.html
Month by month, though, Hurlbert's case collected dents from a series of
court foul-ups and from Bryant's big-league defense team, which seemed to
overwhelm the locals. The crushing blow may have come on July 23, when Fifth
Judicial District Court Judge Terry Ruckriegle ruled that Bryant's lawyers
could ask the alleged victim about her sex life during a 72-hour window
surrounding the incident. Getting her to admit to having had sex with
another man before her encounter with Bryant would allow the defense to cast
doubt on physical evidence that Bryant had forced himself on her. And
getting her to admit she had sex right after the alleged rape could cast
doubt on her whole story.
By then both sides knew the case was running out like a 24-sec. shot clock.
The prosecution had consulted forensic expert Dr. Michael Baden several
months ago about the accuser's physical examination, which showed some
vaginal bruising, a possible sign of rape. But Baden said the evidence was
inconclusive. "You could have these injuries in consensual sex and not have
any injuries in nonconsensual sex," he told TIME. When one of Bryant's
attorneys, Pamela Mackey, discovered that the prosecution had removed Baden
from its witness list, she phoned him. He told her what he had told
prosecutors. Mackey subsequently asked the court to dismiss the charges on
the grounds that the prosecution had not shared exculpatory information, as
required by law.
Women's rights advocates, who worry because the loss in the criminal case
could discourage women from reporting sex crimes, took some solace in
Bryant's apology. Said Cynthia Stone of the Colorado Coalition Against
Sexual Assault: "If this had been dismissed without that statement, it would
have been devastating. It was a validation."
But it was not a conviction, or even a verdict, and Bryant's accuser may be
saddled with a kind of fame she never bargained for. "It has ruined the life
that she's known," says Strickland of his ex-girlfriend. "Her future is
pretty well set for her. She's not allowed to put it behind her."
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In article <chh1gs$1od@dispatch.concentric.net>, s_knight8
<s_knight8nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040913-692878,00.html
But it was not a conviction, or even a verdict, and Bryant's accuser may be
saddled with a kind of fame she never bargained for. "It has ruined the life
that she's known," says Strickland of his ex-girlfriend. "Her future is
pretty well set for her. She's not allowed to put it behind her."
The tramp Katelynn Faber should NOT, repeat NOT, be "allowed to put it
behind her."
She needs to be hounded until she does the right thing: finish the
suicide she has attempted three times before.
We hear that she is now in Vail. Attempts are underway to convince her
to, as Spike said, "Do the right thing."
Katelynn, give your family peace. Do the right thing.
--Tim May, Exec. Director, "Justice for Katelynn Faber"
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In article <chh1gs$1od@dispatch.concentric.net>, s_knight8
<s_knight8nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
The tramp Katelynn Faber should NOT, repeat NOT, be "allowed to put it
behind her."
She needs to be hounded until she does the right thing: finish the
suicide she has attempted three times before.
How cruel.
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