10 years later, the legacy of the Duke lacrosse scandal

Proteus_Marius · 2016-03-16T17:23:59+00:00

The prosecutor was disbarred, went to jail for contempt and is in bankruptcy court. North Carolina is considering a full review of cases he prosecuted before he imploded his career.

The accuser is in jail for murder.

2016-03-16T19:24:26+00:00

As a result, ESPN’s documentary on the case, “Fantastic Lies,” has been taken to task by several reviewers for being too sympathetic to the falsely accused men.

The mental gymnastics required to to be "too sympathetic" to the REAL VICTIMS here is astounding.

bertreapot · 2016-03-16T22:04:54+00:00

The Daily Beast’s Jen Yamato finds it “irksome” that the documentary presents “these resilient young athletes and their families” as “the real victims.”

It is unfortunate that feminists find it "irksome" that a false accusation of rape is actually extremely victimizing.

autotldr · 2016-03-16T15:22:05+00:00

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 82%. (I'm a bot)

Ten years ago this week, the fateful events began to unfold that would soon escalate into the national scandal of the Duke lacrosse rape case, also known as the Duke rape hoax.

The case, in which a black woman claimed she was assaulted by three white men at a Duke lacrosse team party where she'd been hired as a stripper, ignited a firestorm around issues of race and gender.

Critics of last year's campus rape documentary, "The Hunting Ground," have argued the film presents a skewed account of charges against former Florida State University football player Jameis Winston and Harvard law student Brandon Winston, black men accused of raping white women and exonerated - but presumed guilty by the filmmakers.

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Title	10 years later, the legacy of the Duke lacrosse scandal
Author	DGAgainstDV
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Date	March 16, 2016 1:28 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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