Posted on 04/12/2007 9:53:40 AM PDT by Reaganesque
Durham, NC -- I join with everyone who cares about justice in welcoming the North Carolina State Attorney General’s announcement that the remaining charges have been dropped against David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann. This announcement comes at the end of an extraordinarily painful year for the young men and their families. They have carried themselves with dignity through an ordeal of deep unfairness.
Let’s be clear about what was said today. The Attorney General did not dismiss the allegations on narrow, equivocal or legalistic ground. He determined our students to be innocent of the charges and said they were “the tragic result of a rush to accuse.” In short, he used the strongest language of vindication.
From the outset, I have been careful to note that these students were entitled to the presumption of innocence and I looked to the legal system to determine the merit of the charges. Now, finally, that process has given us a decision based on a thorough and objective review of the evidence. This is what we have all needed from the start. I trust the State Bar’s review will be equally thorough so that we can understand the District Attorney’s conduct in this case. As for Duke, while not reliving the past year, we won’t be afraid to go back and learn what we can from this difficult experience.
During the past year, the world has known these young men, their teammates and a great university largely through the filter of unproven allegations. I trust that today’s decision will begin a new day for all involved.
There were two math profs. But you are right about the lamebrained “subjects” most of the others in the Lynch Mob claim to teach.
In case anyone is interested, 3 black football players from the University of Minnesota were arrested this past Friday for an alleged rape.......
OK, so it't not news...... sorry
Got some global warming going on there.
If nothing else, they can make the Gang of 88 and Duke hire some expensive lawyers and stew in their own diarrhea for a year or so...
That is reason enough for me.
If they do, it's probably in a closed session.
Carolyn
As do you and I. Pretty succinct
statement...”Brodhead has a ‘history’!”
Specifically?
<>g<> Great comeback!
True of any academic institution.
Brodhead and faculty aside, those
kids were sweet meat for a guy
needing a hinge for votes to win
an election. THAT’S what the
investigation will be looking at,
too.
I hope that the wrongly indicted team members collect some major money from Duke University and the 88 fools who placed the prejudicial ad denouncing them in the newspaper.
It gives a new definition to “class-action suit”. Normally, lots of people sue one entity. Here, three people should be suing a large gaggle of nattering folks.
A bald-face lie.
He threw a professor under the bus when he was at Yale. He’s a weasel.
True or false re Yale, that has nothing
to do with his not being “on the bus”
long enough to override a Duke faculty
which had tried and convicted these boys
on day one of Nafong’s charges.
I was answering a question & it speaks to his character or the lack of it.
I’ll buy that. The same could be
said of the entire Duke faculty...
even those who remained quiet instead
of jumping to the “guilty” verdict.
Broverman’s diarrhea of the mouth just netted the falsely accused another zillion.
“our students”
Duke has been so supportive this past year. sarc off
It reminds me of the old Lone Ranger joke where he and Tonto are being chased by thousands of angry Indians. He and Tonto ride into a canyon only to find they are trapped and now face imminent doom. The Lone Ranger turns to Tonto and says "Well, Tonto we've faced some tight spots before, old friend, but I don't see how we're going to get out of this one." To which Tonto responds "What do you mean 'we', white man?"
Exactly.
lol
My father used to tell that joke and it certainly fits this situation.
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