tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731849270338485723.post884086652378262768..comments2024-01-31T03:00:37.150-05:00Comments on View-from-Wilmington: An open letter to the editor of the Wilmington JournalChris Halkideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14933976220776524122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731849270338485723.post-17564720413204388692008-11-28T23:03:00.000-05:002008-11-28T23:03:00.000-05:00"Instead, the Duke lacrosse case stands as a misse..."Instead, the Duke lacrosse case stands as a missed opportunity."<BR/><BR/>And nobody will benefit more from the reforms sought in the current civil lawsuits by the lacrosse players, than future poor defendants in Durham. <BR/><BR/>One might have thought civil libertarians (many of whom were in abundant evidence when the players were first accused) would have supported the suits on this <BR/>basis. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731849270338485723.post-33236142631281265292008-11-28T18:19:00.000-05:002008-11-28T18:19:00.000-05:00I think the comments here are quite appropriate. ...I think the comments here are quite appropriate. At the end of the investigation, all of the people from Cooper's office were absolutely convinced that there was no rape and that the prosecutors could not bring a case to trial that they knew was false.<BR/><BR/>Given Cooper's winning margin in this case, it seems that the Wilmington Journal's endorsement of his opponent had no consequence. However, the Journal's performance tells me that its editors really are demanding that ALL outcomes in a court of law be decided solely on political merits.<BR/><BR/>Such arguments are poisonous to any system of justice. The Wilmington Journal is declaring the following: "We don't care about evidence. All we care about is race, and since the accuser was black and the accused were white, that is all we need for a trial and verdict of guilty."<BR/><BR/>In fact, why would the Wilmington Journal even argue for a trial? Why not a direct verdict of guilty? Why even have a trial at all, since evidence did not matter to the Journal, which headlined "Believe Her" in its earlier editions.<BR/><BR/>No doubt, Cash Michaels saw the false accusations as "payback" for the treatment blacks have received over the years. However, because he endorsed an obvious miscarriage of justice, it is clear that he and his fellow "journalists" at the Wilmington Journal really are no different than those people who demanded guilty verdicts in the Scottsboro Boys case, despite the fact there was no evidence other than the false accusation of a woman of questionable reputation. Kind of like Crystal, who Cash and company now jump into line to defend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com