Reply #89: Wiki Has Some of It

[NashVegas]

And she specifically mentioned the Duke case.

In a news release, Why I Did Not File Charges, District Attorney stated:

* I must also respect our responsibility as prosecutors to the accused. As U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said after deciding not to indict Karl Rove in the Valerie Plame spy case, "we either charged someone or we don't talk about them." The Duke lacrosse team case shows how statements by prosecutors can damage lives even when no charges are filed.

* And what of the three soccer players who witnessed men huddled around a man having sex with a teenage girl? I salute their honor and courage in intervening to rescue this girl from a horrible situation. But they only saw the last 30 to 60 seconds of a two hour party. The totality of the evidence of what happened that night would make it impossible for us to prove sexual assault charges beyond a reasonable doubt against anyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_De_Anza_baseball_players_rape_case

Oh my. And one of the defense attorneys contributed $1k towards Carr's election. Nice.