Duke lacrosse case suggested topics

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This is a list of suggested topics for the Duke lacrosse case mini wiki.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 G 7 I 8 N 9 P 10 R 11 S 12 W

[edit] A

• Apology
  • The players' apologies
  • Brodhead's apology to Mangum
  • Brodhead's apology to the players
  • http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/10/apologies.html

[edit] B

• Bail
• Baker-Chalmers Report
  • http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2007/06/01/1462530/Duke%20Lacrosse%20Case%20Questions.swf

[edit] C

• Civil suit
  • Includes all suits filed by the players or the coach as well as the suits that it was rumored would be filed by the accuser
    • Three defendants' lawsuit: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/701012.html
    • Mike Pressler's lawsuit revealed Friday Oct. 12: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/10/12/News/Pressler.Files.Suit.Against.University-3030428.shtml
    • The suit filed by Ryan McFadyen, Matthew Wilson and Breck Archer: http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007-12-18-0018.html

[edit] D

• Disbarment
  • http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2006/1228062bar1.html - the bar complaint -- ITFTM 22:12, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E

• Edema
• E-mail
  • Would include the April 14th "sting" e-mail and the McFadyen e-mail.
    • re: "sting" e-mail: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1184007,00.html "Were Duke Players Victims of an E-Mail Sting?" Friday, Apr. 14, 2006 By GREG FULTON AND SARAH KWAK/DURHAM
    • re: "sting" e-mail: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2006/04/17/News/Police.Enter.Edens.For.Interviews-1857635.shtml Police Enter Edens For Interviews by Emily Rotberg last update 4/18/06
    • re: McFadyen e-mail: http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/topstories_story_096022544.html "E-Mail Shocks Duke In Lacrosse Case" Apr 6, 2006. Note Robert Ekstrand's observation: 'while its language was vile, "the e-mail itself is perfectly consistent with the boys' unequivocal assertion that no sexual assault took place that evening."'
    • re: McFadyen e-mail: according to Yaeger and Pressler's "It's Not About The Truth" what was leaked to the press was not McFadyen's complete e-mail but a version edited to remove context.

[edit] G

• Gag order

[edit] I

• Innocence

[edit] N

• New York Times
  • Byron Calame's April 2006 assessment of NYT's coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/opinion/23pubed.html?_r=1&ei=5070&en=c3452a4ad05301b6&ex=1148875200&pagewanted=all
• Non-probative
• Non-testimonial order

[edit] P

• PR campaign or PR or public relations
  • Alleged upon some occasions that the defendants or the defense lawyers were employing a PR campaign. Was there ever any sort of basis for believing this, or was it purely fiction?
    • As late as September 2007 this allegation was being made: "All we know right now [about the evidence] is what the defense attorneys have parsed out -- oh, as well as their million-dollar PR campaign." [1][2] (News & Observer, Sept. 20, 2007)

[edit] R

• Racial slurs

[edit] S

• Sentencing
  • http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/17/national/main1501273.shtml?source=RSS&attr=HOME_1501273
• the Shut Up and Teach event
  • http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/02/condemned-to-repetition.html
• "Something happened"
  • http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-civil-suit-matters.html

[edit] W

• Whichard Committee