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A Note from Hofstra

By K.C. Johnson

Doubtless Wendy Murphy will be appearing on some news program to demand that the "secret" evidence from this case be released as well.The County DA stated, "Late this evening, during the continuation of the Nassau County Police Department's investigation of the allegation, and under questioning by my office's chief trial attorney and chief sex crimes prosecutor, the alleged victim of the sexual assault admitted that the encounter that took place early Sunday morning was consensual." But, as Ms. Murphy and others told us repeatedly in the Nifong case, such questioning would be out of the norm.And continuing the policy demonstrated in its refusal to name Crystal Mangum, the New York Times is shielding the name of the Hofstra false accuser. What possible rationale could the politically correct Times have for such a policy?continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).