According to a recent article, most blacks want the Duke La Crosse rape accuser who is black, to at get a chance to put the 3 accused white defendants on trial for sexual assault, even though there is no evidence to link these boys to her claim of sexual assault.
Should the laws be changed to make it easier for accusers to go to trial without evidence, then let the courts decided innocence or guilty? Would changing the law help blacks? Or will changing the law cause people of all races to file more bogus claims against each other?
This is the Dupe rape article:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-27-duke-race_x.htm?csp=34
2007-03-05 05:46:11 · 16 answers · asked by \\\Jack Beanstalk 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
First, there is no evidence that most blacks agree with that statement. I am an African American male who attended North Carolina Central University and am all for dropping charges.
No, we should not make trials easier to commense. A Constitutional protection that defendants recieve is that a prosecutor must have probable cause to bring charges against him. Without PC the prosecutor could face punishment a la Mike Nifong.
2007-03-05 05:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Luv 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're asking if the law should be changed so that people can be put on trial even though there's little or no evidence against them? I hope that never happens!
Defending oneself costs a lot of money, so you'd in essence be creating a situation where someone could be out all sorts of money, just because another person decided to lie and bring false charges. That's not right.
2007-03-05 05:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no evidence there is not trial. If you were to turn the tables for one moment and it was a white woman and three black men you would have the NAACP there so fast.
The key to racial equality is everybody plays by the same rules. No exceptions.
This should not be a matter of race, there is no evidence, thus there will be no trail. When you begin setting different standards of proof in the criminal justice system there will be anarchy. You will end up making the issue of Racism far more prevalent.
2007-03-05 05:51:07 · answer #3 · answered by smedrik 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a good thing our justice system is predicated on facts and not feelings. Forcing people to defend themselves in court against unfounded accusations is not justice but mob rule. Not only do many blacks want these innocent boys to go to trial, but many Duke faculty do as well. This is easily understood once you figure out the politics of this. The Duke professors have a warped sense of America that guides them to the conclusion that America is unfair, racist, and sexist. They belive that rich white men enjoy a special privilege in regards to the dispensing of justice, that they committed crimes to gain their privilege, that they rape powerless black women all the time. This fantasy is a dangerous one. Just once rather than accuse rich white males of this conduct I wish they could point to a conviction where this actually happened. As to the blacks who want this trial to go forward they are just sad racists who want to politically punish those they envy
2007-03-05 05:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No evidence, no trial, no discrimination.
The fact that the kids were put on trial by the media before it was known whether or not there was any evidence is also discriminatory. It was because the accuser is black, and the acusee's are prominent white.
It's all crap.
2007-03-05 06:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by FieryOutlaw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The article is interesting. I am Black, and that has no bearing on my view of the case. A lot of people bring race into issues where it is really not a factor. That girl is clearly a liar, who wasted a lot of people's time and almost ruined those boys' lives.
2007-03-05 06:00:55 · answer #6 · answered by Niecy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it should not be changed. The case is one big mess. The race factor should be left out and let the evidence stand. No evidence no case. You cant just take one persons word on what happened and dont forget she has changed her story.
2007-03-05 05:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What about the black principle at CURIE high school in Chicago? She was fired because the Hispanic stacked LSC wants a Hispanic Principal. That's discrimination out and out and our government has done nothing to ensure that this can't happen. We need to ensure that only US Citizens can vote and that we have a national identification. We need to ensure that the members of the LSC who supported this discrimination are jailed and fined for the maximum penalty allowed by law. Additionally, we need to have them tried for treason.
2007-03-05 05:51:56 · answer #8 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to trial without evidence? are you nuts??! do you know who many people have been wrongly accused, went to trial, and are in prison right now? some even on death row!
no evidence, no trial, no exceptions.
2007-03-05 05:54:46 · answer #9 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It shouldnt even be about race, this loony woman cannot get her story staight, had "contributions" from several men on her, and fasley accused someone else of assault a few years before.
2007-03-05 05:50:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋