[excerpt]This sentiment, it seems to me, should have guided the NAACP's response to this case, especially as more facts have emerged about the prosecution's tactics. Instead, to its long-term detriment, the organization has taken the unfortunate approach of giving a pass to the Nifong-orchestrated lineup while adopting a hard-line victims' rights position.
"Regarding events last spring, Bowes [student head of the ACLU @ Duke] wrote:
'As the initial facts concerning the case became clear, it was obvious to the ACLU@DUKE's members that what D.A. Nifong was doing was unethical, inappropriate, and illegal.'"
The following was posted in the comments section:
To KC Johnson and Daniel Bowes:
Has Duke Law Professor Erwin Chermerinsky weighed in on the Duke lacrosse case yet? If not, should he be asked to comment on it?
Here is an article on Professor Chermerinsky from 1999:
The ACLU of Southern California celebrates it's annual Bill of Rights Dinner on Friday, January 15, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in an event to recognize the commitment of those who champion the ideals embodied in our nation's Bill of Rights.
Writer/director Steven Zaillian and civil rights attorney Constance Rice will be presented with Bill of Rights Awards and Professor Erwin Chemerinsky with the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award: [snip] He is one of the foremost constitutional and legal ethics scholars in the country.
http://www.aclu-sc.org/News/Releases/1999/100154/
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