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Christine Brennan Offers Insights on the Lacrosse Case

By K.C. Johnson

Keep in mind, as outlined in the post below, the enormous differences between the facts of the Duke lacrosse case and what has emerged about the murder charges against former UVA lacrosse player George Huguely, and then ponder the following from USA Today columnist Christine Brennan: Perhaps it's just a coincidence, but there's no escaping the fact that the sport they played is lacrosse, in the news again for all the wrong reasons, again. The Duke story is four years old now, and while the fabricated rape charges have long since been dismissed, sordid details about the evening remain on the record: the drinking, the strippers, the racial epithets.It?s quite true, as Brennan points out, that ?drinking? remains on the record. According to various surveys, the majority of college students drink alcohol...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).