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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Police failed to follow procedures for the photo lineup used to obtain rape indictments against three members of the Duke lacrosse team, a city official said Friday in expressing regret for the mistake.
The lineup was never intended to identify suspects in the case, which finally collapsed last month when state prosecutors declared the three players innocent, city manager Patrick Baker said in a report to the mayor and the City Council.
Instead, Baker said investigators were trying to identify witnesses after the accuser, who had told police she was raped at a lacrosse team party where she was hired to perform as a stripper, had failed to identify her attackers during six previous attempts.
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