Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
x, 420 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Dreams of glory -- An ugly scene : Duke meets Durham -- So many stories, so few injuries -- Police : building a case without evidence -- Cops ignite firestorm, Duke runs for cover -- The most dangerous power : enter Nifong -- The defense fights back -- Academic McCarthyism -- Politically correct sensationalism -- Richard Brodhead's test of courage -- Politics trumps law -- Blind injustice : indicted after proven innocent -- Nifong defeats the evidence -- Experts vindicate laxers, Duke harasses them -- "Fantastic lies" -- Lacrosse reinstated, with disrespect -- Nifong defies gravity, with help from friends -- Turning the tide -- Nifong's pyrrhic victory -- The conspiracy unravels --Defendant Nifong --Disgrace and exoneration -- No isolated case : from Duke to death row -- Presumes guilty : feminist overkill --The assault on excellence -- Epilogue. |
Subject |
Rape -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Malicious accusation -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Rape -- Investigation -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Lacrosse players -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Prosecution -- Corrupt practices -- North Carolina -- Durham.
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Seligmann, Reade.
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Finnerty, Collin.
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Evans, David Forker, 1983-
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Nifong, Michael Byron.
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Added Author |
Johnson, Robert David, 1967-
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ISBN |
9780312369125 |
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0312369123 |
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