Until proven innocent : political correctness and the shameful injustices of the Duke lacrosse rape case / Stuart Taylor, Jr. and K.C. Johnson.
Taylor, Stuart, Jr., 1948-; Johnson, K. C.
2007
HV6568.D87 T39 2007 (Mapit)
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Title Until proven innocent : political correctness and the shameful injustices of the Duke lacrosse rape case / Stuart Taylor, Jr. and K.C. Johnson.
Author Taylor, Stuart, Jr., 1948-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780312369125
0312369123
Imprint New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Language English
Description x, 420 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Call Number HV6568.D87 T39 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.15/320922756563
Summary 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.
Note Includes index.
Added Author Johnson, K. C.
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Dreams of glory
An ugly scene : Duke meets Durham
So many stories, so few injuries
Police : building a case without evidence
Cops ignite firestorm, Duke runs for cover
The most dangerous power : enter Nifong
The defense fights back
Academic McCarthyism
Politically correct sensationalism
Richard Brodhead's test of courage
Politics trumps law
Blind injustice : indicted after proven innocent
Nifong defeats the evidence
Experts vindicate laxers, Duke harasses them
"Fantastic lies"
Lacrosse reinstated, with disrespect
Nifong defies gravity, with help from friends
Turning the tide
Nifong's pyrrhic victory
The conspiracy unravels
Defendant Nifong
Disgrace and exoneration
No isolated case : from Duke to death row
Presumes guilty : feminist overkill
The assault on excellence
Epilogue.

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