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Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case

by Stuart Taylor, Jr., KC Johnson

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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.… (more)
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Clear cut account of the rush to judgement over the Duke lacrosse rape case. An extremely interesting and sobering read. ( )
1 vote boleyn | Apr 11, 2008 |
Shocking. the rush to find guilty by allegedly intelligent people is frightening. Tough to take but a must read. You will be ready to deep six political correctness after this book. ( )
1 vote SigmundFraud | Jan 23, 2008 |
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. ( )
1 vote MarysLibrary | Oct 15, 2007 |
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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.

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