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Although the numbers of murders and rapes went up—from zero to three and 10 to 14, respectively—all other types of crime decreased. Additionally, rape rates fell below the 10-year average of 16 per year...
...Durham district attorney Michael Nifong, who was originally appointed to his post and is running for election on Tuesday, said at a campaign forum this week that he will not bring the Duke rape case before a grand jury when it meets next Monday, the day before the election. Nifong has said he is trying to build a case against a third player. In an attempt to get others present that night to cooperate, Nifong has also begun reinstating misdemeanor charges against lacrosse players previously given deferred community service for such offenses as alcohol and noise violations. One player...
...attack what has become a very public set of alibis for the defense - the series of allegedly time-stamped photos taken by players the night of the party, some of which have been leaked to the media. Seligmann, 20, and teammate Collin Finnerty, 19, have been charged with rape in the case. Finnerty will stand trial in July in Washington, D.C., on an unrelated assault charge, a judge there ruled this week...
...approximately 12:41 a.m., and shows the accuser calmly being helped into a car to leave the party. Taken together with other time-stamped photos from earlier in the evening, it is crucial to the defense argument that there was not enough time that night for a rape to occur. In fact, prosecutors will argue, that photo actually shows the accuser being dropped off at the party, not leaving it, and that it was taken well before midnight. In that photo, the accuser is shown in a black or dark-colored car, which matches a description of the car defense...
...With all the publicity surrounding the rape case, the university is apparently concerned that it will lose some prospective freshmen. TIME has obtained a letter to Duke alumni dated Wednesday, April 26, from Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag beseeching alumni to encourage accepted incoming freshmen to choose Duke. The letter, say alumni, is unprecedented, and states, "I believe that a final contact from one of our alumni to an admitted student... who have not yet responded to our offer of admission... might make the difference in having a student choose Duke...