It is a case of young women at the age of motherhood, placing themselves in the gutter for the sake of raising funds and whatever else they so raise.
It is a case of absent parents and absent in loco parentis.
It is a case of three cultures of excuses, all met at the same address one night.
The young college jocks, the young single mom from the wrong side of the tracks, and the esteemed University and all of its staff. All full of excuses.
Only one man isn't making excuses here. The prosecutor.
He's making plenty of other "stuff", but none of it excuses.
Plus, he's exceedingly fearful some major party donor is related to one of these guys, or likes Duke LaCrosse.
One trusts the lab people won't screw him up any more than normal in this situation.