"A masterful examination of the pathetic rush to judgment in the
Duke rape case." --John Grisham
The full story of the Duke Lacrosse case, by the authors who broke
it
In this American tragedy, Stuart Taylor, Jr., and KC Johnson
argue, law enforcement, a campaigning prosecutor, biased
journalists, and left-leaning academics repeatedly refused to
pursue the truth while scapegoats were made of these young men,
recklessly tarnishing their lives.
"Until Proven Innocent "is the only book that covers all five
aspects of the case (personal, legal, academic, political, and
media) in a comprehensive fashion. It is also the only book to
include interviews with all three of the defendants, their
families, and their legal teams. And now it includes an up-to-date
epilogue detailing the aftershocks and conclusion of the
case.
Taylor and Johnson's coverage of the Duke case was the earliest,
most honest, and most comprehensive in the country, and here they
take on the idiocies and dishonesty of right- and left-wingers
alike, shedding new light on the danger of a cultural tendency
toward media-fueled travesties of justice. The context of the Duke
case has vast import, and in its full telling, it is captivating
nonfiction with broad political, racial, and cultural relevance to
our times.
"Taylor and Johnson have made a gripping contribution to the
literature of the wrongly accused." --"The New York Times Book
Review
"""Until Proven Innocent" is a stunning book." --"The Wall Street
Journal
""Vivid, at times chilling . . . their most biting scorn is aimed
at the 'academic McCarthyism' that they say has infected top-rate
American universities like Duke." --"Newsweek
""A superb new book . . . a book that not only reads like a legal
thriller, but also exposes deep problems with America's legal
system and academic culture." --"The Economist"
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