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Loading... Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Caseby Stuart Taylor, Jr., KC Johnson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Clear cut account of the rush to judgement over the Duke lacrosse rape case. An extremely interesting and sobering read. ( ) A clearly written expose of the "rush to judgement" of some of the Duke faculty when three members of the lacrosse team were unjustly accused of rape by a stripper who was a part-time North Carolina Central University student. The administration of Duke fired the coach (who was entirely innocent of any unethical act) and prejudged the young men guilty. The district attorney who brought the case against them was later disbarred for pursuing a case he knew was spurious. The state of North Carolina declared the men "innocent." A shameful incident. no reviews | add a review
The saga of the Duke lacrosse team members' alleged rape of an African-American stripper and the unraveling of the case against them. Covering all five aspects of the case (personal, legal, academic, political, and media), journalist Taylor and historian Johnson argue that law enforcement, a campaigning prosecutor, biased journalists, and left-leaning academics repeatedly refused to pursue the truth while scapegoats were made of these young men, recklessly tarnishing their lives. The story sheds new light on the dangers of rogue prosecutors and police and a cultural tendency toward media-fueled travesties of justice, and has broad political, racial, and cultural relevance to our times.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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