The Duke case is over for me, in a sense. I’ll update you on Mike Nifong’s legal woes now and then. But for the most part, the case turned out the way I wanted it to.
Did you catch the former players and the NC attorney general on “60 Minutes” yesterday? I was hoping the formerly indicted men wouldn’t be bitter and would continue to behave like gentlemen, and they didn’t disappoint. They talked about how emotionally draining it was to live under indictment for heinous crimes, facing prison and knowing they hadn’t done anything to that woman.
As for her, sister needs serious help. If she doesn’t care enough to get it for herself, perhaps she’ll do it for her three children. I’ll keep them in my prayers.
There are blogs out there dedicated to the case, so check them frequently if you want to follow developments. The Johnsville News rounds up most Duke case-related articles and blog posts. LieStoppers is a group effort (with at least one attorney), with news links and commentary. Crystal Mess is run by an attorney, and John in Carolina frequently covers the media’s role in this mess.
KC Johnson, a Brooklyn College professor, started blogging the case because of the unbelievably inappropriate behavior of pampered Duke professors, screeching about the white male patriarchy and signing on to a “listening” statement filled with anonymous and third-hand quotes from black students. He’s gone on to write articles and consult for ABC, and he’s working on a book. He’s attended several hearings in person, live-blogging the proceedings. His Durham-in-Wonderland is the top go-to blog on the Duke case. Bookmark or subscribe to all the Duke blogs if you need a daily fix.
Read my latest Duke case column at Townhall, “Every One His Due,” where I castigate the castigators. An excerpt:
It was like an episode of “Law & Order.â€
Three, drunken, rowdy, privileged, elitist, indulged, slur-slinging lacrosse-playing white men accused of beating, strangling, raping (vaginally and orally), and sodomizing a poor, oppressed black woman forced to take off her clothes for strange men in order to feed her children, while the lacrosse team erected a “blue wall of silence,†barricading themselves within the old-boy protection of the moneyed white male patriarchy – no writer could have penned a more gripping drama.
Also see Star Parker’s “Getting perspective on Imus and Duke.”
Addendum: Read how DA Mike Nifong set about lying and downplaying the lack of DNA evidence, while forging ahead with the case and pandering to blacks at North Carolina Central University, a black college the accuser attended.
