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2024-12-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Crystal Mangum destroyed the lives of three young Duke Lacrosse players and now asks for forgiveness

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Posted by Fred 2024-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top

#1 I lived in Raleigh during this farce. If some of the students' parents hadn't been rich enough to afford good attorneys, the lacrosse team would have ended up in jail.The local DA, Mike Nifong, was aggressively pushing the case, in order to cater to the black population. He eventually was disbarred for misconduct.

Posted by Rambler 2024-12-15 11:19|| 2024-12-15 11:19|| Front Page Top

#2 The faculty piled on.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-12-15 15:02|| 2024-12-15 15:02|| Front Page Top

#3 It was a good old-fashioned lynching, with the press and the legal system playing their assigned roles.

Posted by SteveS 2024-12-15 18:02|| 2024-12-15 18:02|| Front Page Top

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