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April 28, 2006

Well, They Are Both Groups of Defendants.

I
'm not entirely sure, but I think my colleague Arnold Loewy is comparing the Duke lacrosse players to the Scottsboro Boys.

The op/ed's main arguments are, to be sure, quite sensible. The analogy, however, strikes me as a stretch.

Posted by Eric at April 28, 2006 7:16 AM

Comments

Eric,

It's a stretch only if you believe the lynch mentality recently demonstrated by a significant segment of the Durham population is somehow very different from the lynch mentality exhibited by many of the residents of Scottsboro, Alabama.

Barry

Posted by: Barry Winston at April 28, 2006 11:54 AM

you have a dead newsbank link to Professor Loewy's op ed piece, a direct link to what I assume you are referring to is
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/14403095.htm

Posted by: Gerry at April 28, 2006 12:48 PM

It's obvious that them Duke boys was set up, and we all know who done it. Whenever a white man in Durham is framed for a crime he didn't commit, at the root of it all you'll find an Owl.

Thank god Metro is there to tell the real truth. Watch the skies. Keep watching the skies.

Posted by: Simon Spero at April 28, 2006 1:43 PM