they invited this when they had party put on with a sleazy prostitute on the guest list.
Oh, like nobody here has ever been to, or been the guest of honor at a bachelor party? Please.
As much as I support States' rights and the 10th amendment, I think it's long overdue that the feds stepped in.
Despite overwhelming (let me stress -
OVERWHELMING) evidence that the charges were bogus, the accuser nothing more than a whore, and the accused so freaking innocent, this case was allowed to continue for over a year. Piles of excupatory evidence swepted under Nifong's shoes. Meanwhile the NC AG and friends only stepped in recently in the past few months.
Too little, too late.
It's not everyday that the mainstream media takes the side of the rich white "rapists," whose "daddies can buy expensive lawyers," over the poor innocent black victim of rape, kidnapping and racism. But that's exactly what happened. Everyone knew. Even the people who were cashing in on the publicity. DA Nifong, Sharpton, etc. The NC AG not lifting a finger speaks volumes, yes?
The Duke lacrosse team is done. You don't recover too well after a year of scandal accusations, being suspended, losing your head coach, losing your credibility - it's over. They might as well start competing in high school leagues.
As for the three accused, their futures are basically over, unless they score a book deal out of this. Their graduations were messed up, any prospects of a professional lacrosse carreer were effectively erased, and hell, any prospects of any professional carreer (Duke is after all, a very good school) is destroyed too. Innocent or otherwise, no employer is going to pick the one with all that clout. Plus the legal fees, the year of insults, backstabbing, suspensions, accusations.
They have been through a year of hell. And their futures aren't that bright as a result. All because one DA needed a reelection, while AG Roy Cooper was too busy playing golf/ sleeping/ avoiding controversy/ being incompetent to notice.
A TFL member talked about how if an attacker harms those of the justice system, they deserve harsher penalties because they are attacking the system in addition to the individual. So if a person of the system fails the public, does that person get extra punishment for being the worst scum on earth?