Case Dismissed, Lives Disgraced
The case exacerbated every segregation. Black versus white. Rich versus poor. Privileged versus beleaguered. Presumed societal pillars versus a stripper. The case was electric and false.
On Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Copper dismissed all charges restraining Reade Seligmann, David Evans, and Collin Finnerty. During his remarks, Cooper pronounced them innocent. He also excoriated Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong. "This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor," Cooper said.
Immediately, Seligmann, Evans, and Finnerty were disparaged guilty. Cable news blared the allegations. Pundits scattered innuendo. Faculty condemned the accused and athletics. Fellow students campaigned for justice. Duke cancelled their lacrosse season.
Amidst the ferocity, contradictions arose. Partiers challenged the victim’s account. Finnerty and Seligmann asserted alibis. DNA validated the indicted. Eventually, CBS questioned the case.
Arrogantly, Nifong prattled, posed, and preened. He condemned Seligmann, Evans, and Finnerty as hooligans. He declared the rape committed. He dismissed the DNA. He rejected Finnerty and Seligmann’s innocence. Meanwhile, Nifong and the victim did not speak.
Nifong deserves punishment. He warrants disbarment. He betrayed his office and the public’s trust. He flaunted ambition. He pandered to win an election. For this, he deserves figurative castration.
Exoneration is beautiful fiction. On Sixty Minutes, Evans stated reality. “Whatever I do in life, it will say, one of the three Duke Lacrosse rape suspects died today,” he said.
Reprehensibly, he is correct.
On Thursday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Copper dismissed all charges restraining Reade Seligmann, David Evans, and Collin Finnerty. During his remarks, Cooper pronounced them innocent. He also excoriated Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong. "This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor," Cooper said.
Immediately, Seligmann, Evans, and Finnerty were disparaged guilty. Cable news blared the allegations. Pundits scattered innuendo. Faculty condemned the accused and athletics. Fellow students campaigned for justice. Duke cancelled their lacrosse season.
Amidst the ferocity, contradictions arose. Partiers challenged the victim’s account. Finnerty and Seligmann asserted alibis. DNA validated the indicted. Eventually, CBS questioned the case.
Arrogantly, Nifong prattled, posed, and preened. He condemned Seligmann, Evans, and Finnerty as hooligans. He declared the rape committed. He dismissed the DNA. He rejected Finnerty and Seligmann’s innocence. Meanwhile, Nifong and the victim did not speak.
Nifong deserves punishment. He warrants disbarment. He betrayed his office and the public’s trust. He flaunted ambition. He pandered to win an election. For this, he deserves figurative castration.
Exoneration is beautiful fiction. On Sixty Minutes, Evans stated reality. “Whatever I do in life, it will say, one of the three Duke Lacrosse rape suspects died today,” he said.
Reprehensibly, he is correct.
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