“….Innocent Of These Charges.”
The full statement of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on the dismissal of all charges against the three Duke lacrosse players who were nifonged includes those word:
The result of our review and investigation shows clearly that there is insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges. Today we are filing notices of dismissal for all charges against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans.
The result is that these cases are over, and no more criminal proceedings will occur.
We believe that these cases were the result of a tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations. Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges.
Not that the charges could not be sustained. Not insufficient evidence. Not found "not guilty" - which is not exactly the same as "innocent". The AG flat out states the "crime" never happened at all. Got that? No crime whatsoever. And some of the people who pushed and prodded and screeched and wailed to railroad these young men need to answer for what they did to try to lynch innocent people. Because they were nothing more than a lynch mob seeking vigilante justice and they did not care one whit that they were ruining the lives of three young men.
By Quilly Mammoth, Wednesday, 11 April , 2007 @ 9:47 pm
Sad times. Men who are supposed to be working for racial equality turn out to nothing more than pimps leading a lynch mob.
By Rightmom, Thursday, 12 April , 2007 @ 7:42 am
My son and I were watching the FOX prior to the news conference and all the “experts” stated he would not use the word innocent, imagine our surprise when he did! How wonderful that not only were the charges dropped but the boys were pronounced innocent it was a beautiful day and a long time in coming.
By Rustmeister, Thursday, 12 April , 2007 @ 8:06 am
How much you wanna bet the ensuing lawsuits will list every faculty member that came out in print against these young men?
By feeblemind, Thursday, 12 April , 2007 @ 9:16 am
Hope you are right, Rustmeister.