I remember this case, the incident happened shortly after I moved to North Carolina. Even then, the local community and news media tried to turn it into a racial case. I specifically remember the black community trying to spin how "good this kid" was, just as they tried to tell us how "good" this accuser in the Duke case is.
If the youngster in the 1993 case was such a "good kid", why was he out breaking into houses instead of being in school?
By their standards, I guess it is good, inasmuch as he wasn't out murdering anybody - just burglarizing. SOP.