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...just as innocent today as we were back then.' DAVID EVANS, Duke lacrosse player, after North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper declared Evans and two teammates innocent of rape charges filed against them...
During his intensive preparations for Thursday's hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knew that Democrats would be laying into him about allegations of incompetence, misstatements and undue political influence in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year. But he had to at least hope that Republicans wouldn't be his major challenge as he scrambled to save his job. Given the tense questioning, however, it's clear that Gonzales has his hands full with both parties...
Last week, the Duke rape case came to a close when Attorney General of North Carolina Roy Cooper announced that there had been inconclusive evidence in the case, and therefore he believed the accused were innocent. For the three vindicated student-athletes at the center of the case, the announcement marked the end of a 13-month saga, which began in March of 2006, when they were accused of raping a stripper at a party held by their lacrosse team. The accuser, a stripper named Crystal Magnum who had been hired to perform at the party, alleged that...
...turns out she was lying (or, at the very least, seriously, seriously mistaken). The case crumbled as her story changed—during the investigation, she gave more than a dozen different accounts of her supposed assault. When it became apparent that Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was completely mishandling the case, Cooper stepped in and cleaned up the mess...
...Attorney General Gonzales has proven an unsuitable steward of the law and should resign for the good of the country...