DNA testing is a wonderful thing. It can prove beyond a reasonable doubt who did what to whom, or who didn't.
Unless you're a lacrosse player from Duke University.
Now let me make sure I have the story straight. A stripper went to work a party held by the lacrosse team. After the party, she filed rape charges, claiming she was attacked and raped by several members of the team. Evidence was collected from her person, and then every member of the team was tested and no matches were found. Additionally, there are photographs that show her injuries occurred prior to the party.
Now it seems to me that if the evidence collected from the young woman showed signs of rape, and that the evidence did not match any of the players on the lacrosse team, then somebody else raped her. Now, if I were a prosecuter, I'd be looking for somebody who actually matched the DNA evidence I had, instead of going after some kids who did not match the evidence.
But it is an election season, and the entire community has already tried and convicted the team, so what's a DA to do?
In an eerily similar story, preliminary testing of the bear trapped and killed for mauling a family in the Cherokee National Forest shows no signs that the bear was guilty.
However, the bear will remain dead while further testing takes place.
Posted by Rich at April 19, 2006 3:29 AM | TrackBack