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Two Years Later, Selena Roberts Still Can't Admit She Was Wrong About Duke Lacrosse

Sports columnist Selena Roberts is a gifted writer who usually sounds just the right notes in writing about the way sports intersects with issues like race, class, politics and the law. But she was dead wrong about the Duke lacrosse case. Roberts wrote a terrible column on March 31, 2006 that centered around this 20-word...

New York Times Sports Editor: 'I Very Much Regret' Duke Lacrosse Coverage

In March of 2006, when a stripper falsely claimed that she had been raped by Duke lacrosse players, no media outlet spilled more ink detailing the since-disproved allegations than the New York Times. Nearly two years after the fact, the Times' coverage of the Duke lacrosse case is still often held up as an example of the...

A Year and a Half Later, Duke President Offers Meaningless Apology to Lacrosse Players

The president of Duke University, Richard Brodhead, today offered an utterly meaningless apology to the three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape.The full text of the apology is here, and the key portion is this:First and foremost, I regret our failure to reach out to the lacrosse players and their...

Duke Lacrosse: Mike Nifong Resigns

Mike Nifong, the disgraced and disbarred prosecutor who pursued charges against three Duke lacrosse incidents long after it was obvious that they were innocent, has resigned effective immediately. The resignation is a mere formality, as Nifong had already lost his law license and been suspended from his office, but the...

Duke Lacrosse: Mike Nifong Disbarred

Prosecutor Mike Nifong has been disbarred by a state disciplinary committee for the horrendous way he conducted the prosecution on rape charges of three innocent Duke lacrosse players. "This matter has been a fiasco. There's no doubt about it," said committee chairman F. Lane Williamson.Nifong has given up his right to...