Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million?

Re:Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hund... by mmooss on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:56PM (#43849946)

The sexual assault allegations against Duke lacrosse players were headed for criminal court. They are unresolved because powerful people prevented them and their alleged victim from having a day in court, evidence and arguments being heard from both sides, and a jury rendering a verdict. Instead their parents did everything possible to keep it out of court (why?).

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Re:Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hund... by treis on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:15PM (#43850157)

They aren't unresolved. They were dropped by the state. The initial prosecutor was disbarred and (briefly) went to jail for his misconduct.

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Re:Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hund... by mmooss on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:29PM (#43850305)

What you describe is that they are unresolved - there was no evidence, verdict. That was all suppressed, including by attacking the prosecutor. Why not clear their names in court?

Prosecutors in every other circumstance wield almost unchecked power - except when the children of the powerful might end up in court. Name another prosecutor treated in this way.

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Re:Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hund... by treis on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:51PM (#43850522)

Name another one that has acted so egregiously.

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Re:Why can't stinking rich Ivies cope with losing a few hund... by mmooss on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @06:04PM (#43851220)

I don't know it was egregious; I think that was the media blitz by powerful people trying to shut them down.

Regardless, it happens all the time everywhere - witholding evidence, fabricated evidence, forced confessions, black site torture, endless harassment, etc. etc. What this DA allegedly did was relatively nothing.

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