Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness And The Shameful Injustices Of The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
by K.C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor Jr.
420 pages, Thomas Dunne Books 2007
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It took Amazon nearly one month to ship this, but it was well worth the wait. Given Professor Johnson's encyclopedic and microscopic knowledge of this case, I thought it was going to be a boring read, but I was wrong. It takes you through the entire debacle, starting out through the eyes of the lone black lacrosse player Devon Sherwood, to the fateful night, to the police building a case without evidence, the early fanning of the flames by the police, the harrowing, ominous entrance of our vilian, DA Nifong, the defense team's early heroics to turn the tide, the academic McCarthyism, Nifong's manipulation of evidence, to the final unraveling of the conspiracy and exoneration.
The final chapter, "Presumed Guilty: Feminist Overkill", covers false allegations at some length. Yes, this book is the definitive account, and is every bit as compelling as a John Grisham thriller, and its all true. I was actually gripped with depression and anger through the first chapters, as you relive the party and the early witch hunt.
If you wish to remain ignorant of the systems of control that surround you, do not read this book.
One thing: the front jacket flap claims "the full story of the Duke Lacrosse case by the authors who broke it"...
not sure about that claim, but I do know that some of the most explosive revelations and supressed evidence showed up right here in these very forums FIRST.
