[Cboldt]

-- And in this case, unlikely to work. --

That's one of those "it depends" things. At bottom the decision is largely financial and emotional to the falsely accused. Many will want to just get out from under the state's thumb.

[MrEdd]

On the financial side, there have been lawyers (who see a Duke LaCrosse type payout at the end of this) approaching the falsely accused for months.

It will be a big score.

And I would imagine that families and friends of the accused fall into the same patterns as the posters on these threads. So they are not without emotional support.

The emotional turmoil largely comes when nobody believes your innocence. That isn’t the case here.

[don-o]

Thank you for your contributions to these threads. You bring both good links to valuable info and sharp comments and analysis. (Some of which make me both sad and angry.)