The Price of Silence : : the Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of our Great Universities
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"We've got dancers coming" -- Frat life -- An alleged rape -- Conflagration -- The new Duke -- Forty-six DNA swabs -- A sudden resignation -- A dark day for Duke -- Unanswered questions -- "Witch hunts go in stages" -- Nifong loses control of the narrative -- Election day -- New revelations -- The hunter becomes the hunted -- "She believed many of the stories she was telling" -- Insufficient credible evidence -- "The only person incarcerated" -- Bad karma -- Epilogue : national championship -- The denouement -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources -- Index --.
An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781451681796
1451681798
SUBJECTS
Rape -- Durham.
Malicious accusation -- Durham.
Rape -- Investigation -- Durham.
Trials (Rape) -- Durham.
Lacrosse players -- Durham.
Prosecution -- Corrupt practices -- Durham.