Today it was announced that State prosecutors will drop all charges againstthe three Duke atheletes accused of sexual assaulting a stripper at a team party.
This action of dropping all charges would end the criminal prosecution of Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann, and David Evans.
Like most people of good will, I was angered when I first heard the story of an innocent woman being brutalized and humiliated by both sexual violence as well as racial taunts, emanating from a bunch of out of control rich white kids. The fact that the "White community" in general and, Nifong,a white prosecutor,in particular took the Black woman's allegations seriously, represents a step forward. For far too long woman, particularly woman of color, were ignored, or attacked when they came forward after being raped. It is a good thing to see that society is starting "To get It". To understand that No means No.
I do not know exactly what when on in that house the night of the party. Being a "Guy" I can assume there was likely a bit too much drinking, and behavior that was less than exemplary. This was not a house full of young men, playing chess and discussing Franz Kafka. It seems clear that they were acting in an unbecoming manor, but equally clearly the accuser's story was a cruel lie.
It was a lie that turned the lives of three men up-side-down, hurt the entire Lacrosse team and Duke University, and most damaging of all, made it more difficult for woman who were actually victims of assault to be taken seriously in the future.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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Former Duke Lacrosse Prosecutor on Trial
By AARON BEARD
AP
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 12) -- More than a year after shocking allegations emerged about Duke University's lacrosse team, prosecutor Mike Nifong was back in court Tuesday -- this time, as the defendant.
I'm not what one would call vindictive, but prosecutor Nifong had so many chances to "Back off", and he took none of them.
For weeks after it became clear that there was "No there there", he still keep pushing forward.
He was given chance after chance to just walk away from his mistake with no consequence.
Nifong Admits No Crime in Duke Case
DURHAM, N.C. (July 26) - Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong acknowledged Thursday there is "no credible evidence" that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he accused them of more than a year ago, offering for the first time a complete and unqualified apology.
By AARON BEARD,AP
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