Let's try this case in the media some more

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Defense claims DNA tests don't match

Okay, I'm ready. Bring out the wolves. Bring out the howling teeming masses who will roar that this woman is a liar, was never raped, was trying to extort money from her betters rich neighbors. Yeah, okay. Except that the medical personnel who examined her said that her injuries were consistent with rape. So I'

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My guess is, if that's true, members of the team either knew she was being raped and did nothing, or encouraged it to happen. So then they'd keep quiet for fear of being charged with... what? I don't think you can be imprisoned in this state for failing to stop a crime. Be nice if you could.

oh and

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Your friend's conversation reminds me of a really sickening op-ed article in the Stanford Daily that basically exonerated the players, because the writer went to high school with the sister of one of the players and she just knew her brother wouldn't do that. What cracked me up was how Durham had "gang initiation week" going on, and the players' lives were threatened. See, I had no idea our gangs were recruiting, or I would have tried out.

Article is here
Editor's correction to one of the *ahem* FUCKING LIES *ahem* in the article is here

(Not saying *labrown is exonerating the players - just the whole "friend of a friend of a cousin of the uncle" thing)

by the way

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the blog I linked to (for the comment) linked back here, and to *labrown's blog - so that anonymous comment could have come from a reader of lordsutch.

Gotta love Technorati, indeed.

[teenhealthdiva]

this whole case sickens me.

[rare_exile]

seconded.