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The price of silence : the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities /

An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohan, William D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2014.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Rape > North Carolina > Durham.
Malicious accusation > North Carolina > Durham.
Rape > Investigation > North Carolina > Durham.
Trials (Rape) > North Carolina > Durham.
Lacrosse players > North Carolina > Durham.
Prosecution > Corrupt practices > North Carolina > Durham.
Table of Contents:
  • "We've got dancers coming"
  • Frat life
  • An alleged rape
  • Conflagration
  • The new Duke
  • Forty-six DNA swabs
  • A sudden resignation
  • A dark day for Duke
  • Unanswered questions
  • "Witch hunts go in stages"
  • Nifong loses control of the narrative
  • Election day
  • New revelations
  • The hunter becomes the hunted
  • "She believed many of the stories she was telling"
  • Insufficient credible evidence
  • "The only person incarcerated"
  • Bad karma
  • Epilogue : national championship
  • The denouement
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on sources
  • Index
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