TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Stuart AU - Johnson,K.C. TI - Until proven innocent: political correctness and the shameful injustices of the Duke lacrosse rape case SN - 9780312369125 AV - HV6568.D87 T39 2007 U1 - 364.15/320922756563 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press KW - Seligmann, Reade. KW - Finnerty, Collin. KW - Evans, David Forker, KW - Nifong, Michael Byron. KW - Rape KW - North Carolina KW - Durham KW - Malicious accusation KW - Investigation KW - Trials (Rape) KW - Lacrosse players KW - Prosecution KW - Corrupt practices N1 - Includes index N2 - The saga of the Duke lacrosse team members' alleged rape of an African-American stripper and the unraveling of the case against them. Covering all five aspects of the case (personal, legal, academic, political, and media), journalist Taylor and historian Johnson argue that law enforcement, a campaigning prosecutor, biased journalists, and left-leaning academics repeatedly refused to pursue the truth while scapegoats were made of these young men, recklessly tarnishing their lives. T ER -