THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY APRIL 12 2007
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DUKE LACROSSE CASE
All charges dropped
Inconsistent evidence, accounts prove players' innocence
BY AARON BEARD ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a party, saying the athletes were innocent victims of a "tragic rush to accuse" by an over-reaching district attorney.
"There were many points in the case where caution would have served justice better than bravado," North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a damning assessment of Durham County District Mike Nifong's handling of the sensational case.
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Cooper, who took over the case in January after Nifong was charged with ethics violations that could get him disbarred, said his own investigation concluded not only that the evidence against the young men was insufficient, but that no attack took place.
"We believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges."
ROY COOPER
North Carolina Attorney General
Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans were indicted last spring on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual offense after the woman told police she was assaulted
in the bathroom at an off-campus house during a team party where she had been hired to perform.
But the attorney general said the eyewitness identification procedures were unreliable, no DNA supported the woman's story, no other witness corroborated it, and the woman contradicted herself.
"Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges." Cooper said.
He said the charges resulted from a "tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations."
Cooper called for the passage of a state law that would allow the North Carolina Supreme Court to remove a prosecutor "who needs to step away from a case where justice demands."
"This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor," he said.
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
BY TROY SCHULTE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mizzou tight end to return for senior season
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri tight end Martin Rucker flirted with entering the NFL draft, but decided against it, giving a boost to an offense that should be among the nation's most lethal in 2007.
Rucker's return is a bonus for
the fingers.
After catching 53 passes for 511 yards and five touchdowns as a junior,
he sent game film to an NFL advisor
What he found out made Rucker, the All-Big 12 tight end, decide to return to Missouri.
committee in January to gauge his potential draft status.
"I was projected to go in the fifth round, and I wasn't going to leave for that," Rucker said. "There wasn't much talking about it after I got the phone call,
Rucker
Rucker also sought the advice of his brother, Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl defensive end Mike Rucker.
"I really want to play with him and he's close to the end of his contract," Martin Rucker said. "That was a really big factor in the thing, but basically the overall decision came from the projection."
it was just, 'eh, I'll be here another year.'"
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel and quarterback Chase Daniel are certainly pleased to have Rucker back. With Rucker and junior-to-be Chase Coffman, who caught 58 passes for 638 yards and nine touchdowns, the Tigers will again have one of the best tight end combinations in the country.
Pinkel has been through this before. In 2001, defensive end Justin Smith decided to leave early and was picked fourth overall by Cincinnati. In 1991, when Pinkel was an assistant at Washington, he advised defensive lineman Steve Emtman to forego his senior year. Emtman was the first overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts.
"I generally think that if you're
"I told him, 'We're going to win a lot of games and you're going to be a big part of it.'"
CHASE DANIEL Missouri quarterback
a high first-round pick, you should go." Pinkel said. "If you're a lower round pick I think it's ridiculous to go because it can improve."
That was Ruckers thinking, too. The feedback he received from the advisory committee was to improve his interior blocking, something he admitted is hard to do in Missouri's spread offense.
Daniel's pitch to one of his favorite targets was the potential of a Missouri team that finished eighth nationally in total offense last year.
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