Duke Lacrosse Controversy
During the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, he was one of the so-called Group of 88 professors who, shortly after members of the university's lacrosse team were accused of rape, signed a letter calling attention to problems with race relations at Duke and thanking protesters for "making a collective noise" on "what happened to this young woman." After a year-long ordeal that is now widely viewed as one of the most conspicuous miscarriages of justice by a prosecutor in modern American history, the lacrosse players were found innocent of the rape charges. The so-called "Group of 88" letter is regarded by some conservatives as an example of unfair prejudgment.
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