Finnerty, a sophomore whose jersey number is 13, arrived at the magistrate’s office in a suit and tie; Seligmann, a sophomore with jersey number 45, in a yellow shirt. Both were accompanied by law enforcement officers and handcuffed with their hands behind their backs.

They have are currently being processed.

No information on whether the grand jury is considering other indictments, or if that was it.

Defense attorneys for members of Duke University’s men’s lacrosse team have said that time-stamped photos, taken at a party where an exotic dancer says she was raped and beaten by three men, prove their clients’ innocence.

For the first time Sunday, WRAL got a look at the photos, which were taken with a digital camera with an internal time stamp. Sources close to attorneys said the 19 photos, taken between 11:02 p.m. and 12:41 a.m. by a person they would not identify, matched watches in the photographs. (Read WRAL.com’s article on the photos.)

The following is a description of each of the 19 photos that sources close to defense attorneys showed to WRAL’s Kelcey Carlson on April 16.

11:02:36 p.m. Men are sitting around the house. Many have plastic cups in their hands.

11:08:28 p.m. Men throw their arms in the air as if they are cheering and posing for the camera.

11:09:25 p.m. A closer picture of a few men posing for the camera.

12:00:12 a.m. The first picture of the dancers. The accuser, wearing pink and white lace lingerie, is lying face down on the floor.

12:00:21 a.m. The accuser and the second dancer are dancing together.

12:00:29 a.m. Dancers are performing. The accuser has what looks like bruising on her knees. Her right shoe is missing from her foot. It can be seen in the background.

12:00:40 a.m. The two dancers are performing. A crowd of about 15 men is visible in the photo. The men are sitting on couches. They are not showing much reaction.

12:02:16 a.m. The accuser is on top of the second dancer. The accuser’s right thumbnail does not have a fingernail or polish on it. Her right pinky nail also does not have a nail. The men are smiling. The dancers are smiling.

12:02:46 a.m. A young man, who appears to be passed out, sitting in a chair.

12:03:57 a.m. The dancers by the door. The accuser’s right shoe is on the floor. The men in the room are sitting.

12:10:39 a.m. A young man passed out. His shorts are slightly pulled down.

12:30:12 a.m. The accuser is on the back steps of the house, alone. Her right shoe is off. She has a purse.

12:30:34 a.m. The accuser is still on the back steps of the house.

12:30:34 a.m. The accuser is still on the back steps of the house.

12:30:47 a.m. The accuser is on the stairwell of the back steps. Her mouth is open and her teeth are showing.

12:37:58 a.m. The accuser is lying on her back on the back stairs. She has a cut on her right foot. She has cuts on her right butt cheek. The stair rail has pink spots on it.

12:38:07 a.m. The accuser is lying on the back steps. A tan object can be seen in the background.

12:38:18 a.m. The accuser is still on the ground.

12:41:32 a.m. The accuser is seen getting into a black Honda Accord.

Ann Lew—–There’s no what the fuck about it. Single mother, two kids? I’m glad you’ve never been that poor, but some of us here have been, and before you start implying the victim is lying or stupid, you need to walk a mile in our shoes.

Oh, yeah, and please don’t attempt the ‘I have been poor and I’m still too smart to do that.” Yeah, well, we can’t all meet your standard. In fact, I don’t know why your standard, as unforgiving and judgemental as it is, pleases you so. It makes you look superior at the cost of the victim, and I know whose side that puts me on.

After having strong feminist leanings for most of my life it is wonderful to see an online community of women talking about the real issues affecting their lives . Women can safely talk in this environment and its good to see that they are doing it. We cannot be silenced any more.

As well as been a feminist I have always been romantic but find it hard to come to grips with the imperfection of that dream in a patriachial society. We have superimposed on love and marriage a system of coerced subservience almost slavery. The two are not compatable and love is often stamped out because of this system.
I look forward to reading your blog ladies (and guys)

A Black exotic dancer alleged several White members of the lacrosse squad gang-raped her while calling her racial slurs. The alleged victim, a student at nearby historically Black North Carolina Central University, told police that she had been hired to perform at a private party on March 13. She said that showed up at a wood-frame house on a quiet tree-lined street when she was pulled into a bathroom by three members of the team, who choked her and raped her. It is reported All but one ““ an African American ““ of the 47 members of the team were asked to submit to DNA tests. The alleged victim, whose name is being withheld because she is charging that she was sexually assaulted ““ said that the assailants were all White.

Ok, there are a few questions that we must ask ourselves.

1. Because the victim was an African American exotic dancer, did she deserve to be raped? Let me answer it for you. NO!

2. Because the alleged rapist were members of the DUKE lacrosse squad and were white do they have the right to rape and African-American exotic dance?

Let me answer it again for you. No!

No one has the right to rape another person.

Just because the rape victim happens to be African American should have no effect on the prosecution, conviction, and sentencing of her attacker, but the reality is it does.

So let’s be honest with ourselves, the alleged Duke rape is a story lingers in many ways from the disparate treatment of African American rape victims during slavery. As Elizabeth Kennedy, A Research Analyst wrote in her research paper, Victim Race and Rape ” While the connection is not necessarily clear cut, slavery and its legacy of bigotry and sexual violence likely play key roles in the continuing discrimination against black rape victims.”

I agree with her conclusions when she wrote, “this history plays out in rape prosecutions today: a number of studies have shown that the experience of an African American rape victim varies in critical ways from that of her white counterpart.”

Here is what is scary, and how racism may have impact with the allege rape at Duke.

Ms. Kennedy’s research has found that, “Where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman, he was more likely to be charged with a felony, more likely to receive a jail term, more likely to serve his time in a state penitentiary than in a local facility, and received a longer sentence on average than defendants in cases with a different defendant-victim racial dyad.”

She also has found that “When the jury does find the assailant of an African American woman guilty of rape, her race continues to play a role in the proceedings. As she writes” A study of actual trial outcomes indicates that, in combination with defendant race, victim race affects the seriousness of the defendant’s charge and the severity, location, and length of his sentence.”

I guess the balls in the University Police, University Administration and Prosecutors court.

Well folks, Let’s wait and see if an African Women who was allegedly raped by white athletes on the Duke University campus, gets the justice she deserves.

L. Nathaniel Rock