PrintMay 17, 2006
The Earle of Duke
We have two fine literary examples of trials occasioned by charges of interracial rape: To Kill a Mockingbird and Passage to India. Both involve false claims of women against men of other races, accompanied by seething rage in the defendants' communities and unscrupulous politicians exploiting that rage.
So we have a template for the unfortunate and, I think, outrageous, prosecution of three members of the Duke Lacrosse team. The
