The prosecutor in the Duke Lacrosse rape case, Mike Nifong, is being disbarred for lying to the court and from withholding DNA test results that would have cleared the names of the three players charged with rape.
This case has truly changed how rape cases will be viewed, and I really hope that it won’t make it harder for rape victims to come forward. One of the first mistakes made was that the victim was assumed to be correct, and that the three Duke players were guilty—this negates the right to be tried as innocent until proven guilty. I remember when the verdict came out that many were quick to say that the victim was making the entire thing up, when there was DNA evidence…just not from the three players.
I truly sympathize with the woman as a fellow rape survivor. If she was truly raped, I hope they find out whom. And, if the courts can learn anything from this, is to give the defendants the benefit of the doubt, but still encourage rape victims to come forward.
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