Should the black stripper be charged with making false rape charges against the Duke lacrosse team members?

Since the kidnapping and sexual offense charges remain against three Duke students there is zero chance of her being charged with making a false statement. Point of fact, there is some supposition that her story was changed on instruction of Mike Nifong, the DA, because the swab tests taken the night of the alleged assault showed multiple sets of DNA present in her vaginally but none of them matched the accused students. Since she had stated that those students had penetrated her vaginally and ejaculated inside her the lack of any matching DNA effectively destroyed the DA's case before the trial even began.





Now that she has completely changed her story and says that she was not penetrated vaginally and that they didn't ejaculate inside her the DNA swab evidence might not be admissible in court and even if the defense tries to introduce it it might backfire if the jury thinks that the defense is trying to smear the accuser. As she still maintains that they penetrated her orally and anally as well as restrained her against her will, the sexual offense charge and kidnapping charge remain in play. District Attorney Nifong seems determined to take this case to trial and he can still win it despite the lack of evidence or witnesses. If it does go to trial it is going to come down to whether the defense can get a change of venue. That, as well as the art of jury selection, will probably decide this case. The race of the accuser and suspects, in an ideal world, shouldn't make any difference. Of course we don't live in an ideal world and race is the prime reason for the defense to seek a change of venue and for the DA to fight to keep it in Durham. Regardless, there will not be any false statement charges filed against the defendent. DA Mike Nifrong has too much political capital invested and if he loses the case the last thing he is going to want is anything else keeping the story in the headlines.Should the black stripper be charged with making false rape charges against the Duke lacrosse team members?
I agree with L. Not all the charges have been dropped. The fact that she was a stripper always meant that proving a rape case would be difficult before a jury because of just the reaction of so many men here. She was a stripper, she deserved it! And she was black as well! And they can afford good lawyers so that helps. Kidnapping and sexual assault are also serious charges. These guys are not yet free by any means.Should the black stripper be charged with making false rape charges against the Duke lacrosse team members?
I think so, but I'm afraid nothing will happen.
Only if they can prove she lied. It may just be they don't have enough evidence to charge the players. If that is the case then no. If there is evidence she out and out lied then I say yes.
I think if she was found to have lied, then of course charges should be processed for her. This is exactly why there are so many violent crimes against women that are ignored because of situations like this. It makes a 'real' crime less believable which in turn allows the criminal to go free. Damn shame.
Yes.
Yes if she lied to the DA office, she should be charged. But foremost, Mike Nifong, the DA, needs to be investigated for the way he (miss)handled this case.
I agree 100% with Black Heaven!
Yes. Making a false accusation should be penalized. The team members are still facing several charges including kidnapping, but having the most serious charge dropped helps.





Even if she is charged the team members should sue her for libel in civil court.
Yes she should. She has ruined the lives of these young men. She has ruined her life. Nifong also should be taken to task as well.
yep she lied . replace that da too he is useless.
No -- on the whole it is better not to prosecute people for making false charges, because it would scare away too many people from making charges that are legitimate, especially against richer or better connected people. Perhaps a private lawsuit would be in order if she made statements to the press.





But I have a question for you -- why did you identify her as black?





Responses: I do remember Tawana Brawley. In her case, as well as in the Duke lacrosse case, I didn't believe all the accusations. But lots of people of all types make false accusations, and in this case the fact that the woman was black has nothing to do with the heart of the case, unless you think that's what the frat boys wanted to hire her. I don't see whay the fact that a young black woman charged people with rape more than fifteen years ago makes the fact that the woman charging rape in the Duke case is balck relevant -- twice in over 15 years in entirely different parts of the country and entirely different circumstances isn't much of a pattern.





To people attacking the woman for being a stripper -- falsely accusing someone of rape is bad. But being a stripper is --whether you think it bad or not -- less bad than hiring a stripper, and way less hypocritical than hiring a stripper for your own satisfaction, and then mocking her for providing it to you.





Lastly, her reporting a false charge would not have harmed these guys if the D.A. hadn't believed her, and made a big deal about it. His job was to judge the credibility of the charges better than he did -- one reason we have a DA to do this, is so that people can make charges without fear of being prosecuted even if the claims aren't ultimately proven or believed to be true.
I think she should be charged. Stripping is a degrading job and then she lied on top of that. At first I was going along with her because she is my skin complexion(dumb, huh? We all do it) but then common sense says, ';she's a whore';
How 'bout letting the accused decide? If that person feels he has not suffered sufficient injustice to mandate coping with our legal system, why force it on him? We use very similar logic for the victims of raper, and, well, both crimes can result in mental, emotional and social damage, even if successfully prosecuted. After all, just as in a rape case, the defense may well try such tactics as releasing damaging information about the accuser.
anyone [male or female] who falsely cries rape should be charged. imagine going to prison if you didnt do it. also think of the accuseds ruined reputation, on some level [even if cleared] that will always be held against them.
Black Haven wins





If the Penis did not go in the hole


they should drop the charges of them all





If the trouser snake did not slither in


then there is no jail time for the men
I think she should definitely be prosecuted for making false charges because girls do this because they can use it to put guys in jail and alot of times they make false charges is because they got drunk and feel ashamed about looking like a whore to their friends but if they got raped than everyone will feel bad for them and it is only for their personal gain think about the guys we need girls to know the consequences of there actions especially when it involves something so serious as rape
there are still kidnapping %26amp; sexual assault charges pending. why are so many males asking this question? Is it b/c the accuser was Black? This one mentions that she was a Black stripper. Why?? Was there more than one accuser that you needed to refer to this one in that way for clarity?? She shouldn't be charged with anything unless the resolution of the still-pending charges show that she did lie. You can be guilty of a sexual assault w/o being found guilty of rape.
why racial,..she was a stripper period.


and a woman period.