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Remarkable

By K.C. Johnson

Even now, there are case-related events that leave me stunned. The below is an actual press release.LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 7, 2008) ? The University of Kentucky Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center will present a talk on the now infamous rape case lodged against members of a Duke University athletic team. Bob Ashley, editor of the Durham Herald-Sun, will present "The Kaleidoscopic Narratives of the Duke Lacrosse Case" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in the William T. Young Library Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.In March 2006, three Duke lacrosse players were charged with rape by district attorney Mike Nifong. Over the next 18 months, as tumultuous events in the case unfolded, the issues of race, gender, class, and the sometimes negative ?town gown? relationship that existed in Durham, were exposed in ways that received national media attention...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on April 05, 2008 (boomark / email).