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**gastabegree** · 04-13-2007, 02:28 PM

In the broader picture. I don't think the woman's motives are the issue here. Stuff like this happens all the time, but it usually gets derailed before blowing up into national hysteria. I few months ago in NY, a grandfather who worked at a public school and had no criminal record at all, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. He suffered the humiliation of being led away in handcuffs, but charges were dropped when the story didn't hold up.

Good police investigation would have brought the woman's claims into question. A basic mistake was made at the start, when the lineup that was shown to the woman consisted only of Duke lacrosse players. You have to include people that have no connection to the crime scene.

04-13-2007, 02:28 PM	#10
gastabegree Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	In the broader picture. I don't think the woman's motives are the issue here. Stuff like this happens all the time, but it usually gets derailed before blowing up into national hysteria. I few months ago in NY, a grandfather who worked at a public school and had no criminal record at all, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. He suffered the humiliation of being led away in handcuffs, but charges were dropped when the story didn't hold up. Good police investigation would have brought the woman's claims into question. A basic mistake was made at the start, when the lineup that was shown to the woman consisted only of Duke lacrosse players. You have to include people that have no connection to the crime scene.
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