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University of Tennesse Pays Violent Rapist, Daniel Hood, to Attend College

The University of Tennessee's school colors are orange.  How appropriate, given that they've give an athlete scholarship to the star of a real-life Clockwork Orange:KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee has signed a prep football star who at the age of 13 was found by a juvenile court to have helped rape a relative.Daniel Hood, a 19-year-old defensive end/tight end at Knoxville Catholic, signed a scholarship offer on Tuesday and will join coach Lane Kiffin's first recruiting class in the fall."We didn't go about this lightly," Kiffin said in a statement. "We spent a lot of time researching the issue and talking to a lot of people who are well respected in the community. Everyone spoke very highly of Daniel. He's a very bright young man who wants to move past this incident and be a good representative for the team, the university and the community...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).