Mike Tyson Innocent In Rape Case as per Dershowitz

[Oddessa]

Yet another Tyson thread, but this is one charge I really think he may have been innocent of so here goes.


Mike Tyson Innocent In Rape Case
(June 18, 2004)
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(Jun. 18, 2004) *These days it seems like any news you hear about boxer Mike Tyson is bad news, but this news is ... well, it's not bad. But it ain't all that good either.

In his new book, "America On Trial, Inside The Legal Battles That Transformed Our Nation," famed attorney Alan Dershowitz recently released findings regarding the 1992 rape trial of Mike that he says show the boxer was innocent of raping a beauty contestant.

Mr. Tyson, who maintained, and continues to maintain his innocence, was surprised by the findings of Mr. Dershowitz, and wishes that there was some way his case could be retried.

Here are some of the revelations Dershowitz exposes in his book: critical information was withheld from the jury; false information was given to the jury; evidence that the Defendant and her relatives lied to the court; false information was given to the jury regarding the Defendant's background. He also maintains that three eyewitnesses were not allowed to testify, whom he believes would have won the case for Tyson; and maintains that at least four of the jurors "urged" the court to give Tyson a new trial.

Regarding the Tyson trial, Dershowitz said, "hard cases make bad law, then the Tyson case proves that unpopular defendants often receive bad justice."

[The Actuary]

Followed the case closely at the time and think it a tremendous injustice.
Maybe the first time I ever agreed with Dershowitz in my life.
TA

[Pancho Sanza]

Doesn't mean much coming considering he defends the OJ verdict.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

[nostaw1952]

To say nothing of the Claus Von Bulow case. Dershowitz is a brilliant lawyer, but he seems to go out of
his way to be aligned with the most unsavory clients possible...

and the homo that took over the Peterson case?--How you feel about him?

[Railbird]

Tyson was innocent. Kobe is guilty.

Sharp post.

Good luck with that.

[nostaw1952]

Originally posted by: sportman
and the homo that took over the Peterson case?--How you feel about him?

I don't think much of him, either, but wtf does his sexual orientation have to do with anything????

[TTinCO]

For a change, this particular case against Tyson absolutely reeked of BS.

[nostaw1952]

The only thing it reeked of is bad lawyers on the Tyson side and the belief of a lot of guys that if a woman
is naive, a cockteaser, a gold digger, in a guy's room at 4am, or some combination of the above, she doesn't have the right to say "no", a dubious premise at best...