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April 17, 2006

Wingers defend Duke Lacrosse players..on the wrong side again?

I've been reading the top hits over at Memeorandum regarding the Duke Lacrosse/rape case. There's been joy in righty blogosphere Mudville--rejoicing in an apparent lack of indictments against players from Duke.

Not so fast, kids.

The AP is reporting that two Duke Lacrosse players are indicted:

A grand jury issued sealed indictments Monday against two members of the Duke University lacrosse team in connection with allegations that a stripper was raped last month at a team party, a source close to the case told The Associated Press. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity because the grand jury proceedings are secret, said he did not know which players were indicted or what charges they faced.

Now its entirely possible that the young woman in question made up the rape story. But its also entirely possible that she was raped. The right has attempted to put up a hardcore defense of these players.

I don't get why this alleged rape victim was automatically presumed to be lying while the men are automatically assumed to be telling the truth.

I certainly haven't assumed that either side is telling the truth..but I will say this: false claims of rape are not especially common. And while it might be fun to drag Tawana Brawley out to make a point..statistically it doesn't happen very often.

Posted by Carla at April 17, 2006 05:58 PM

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