The price of silence : the Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities

Cohan, Willam D., 1960-

Book 2014

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.

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ISBN:

9781451681796

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition

Description:

xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

"We've got dancers coming"
Frat life
An alleged rape
Conflagration
The new Duke
Forty-six DNA swabs
A sudden resignation
"Two indictments"
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
Acknowledgments
Note on sources

Control Number:

963704

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