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They didn't do it
Allow me to answer the question posed by Jimmy D. Haynes in his letter of Sept. 2: At the risk of belaboring the obvious, I can assure Haynes that I, or anyone else, would be quite disturbed if a family member or friend were "beaten, gang raped and sodomized."
That is why a no-nonsense, justice-driven and ethical district attorney would be needed to go after the real perpetrator. True victims of a horrific crime should want true justice. However, in the Duke lacrosse case the only provable rape that has taken place is the one perpetrated by an unethical district attorney on three Duke athletes.
We will be expecting the same zeal from the district attorney's office when this episode is shown for the hoax that it is. True justice should be waiting for one who would fake such a scenario, tearing apart lives and an entire community.
Haynes and others may wallow in melodramatic what-ifs all day long, but the reality is this: If a "beating, gang rape and sodomy" took place that infamous night, the lacrosse players possess a fantastic ability to be in several different locations at once and most certainly showed up at the party wearing rubber suits.
DEBRAH CORRELL
Chapel Hill
September 7, 2006
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