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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:00 AM

Duke players cleared

All remaining charges in the notoriously botched case have been dropped.
Page Rockwell and Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Thursday, April 12, 2007 08:53 AM

    To Ben--

    I assumed the boys were guilty, yes, but I think we all make assumptions when a court case comes up. Presumption of innocence is the legal standard, and one I think we all should live by, but we're also all human. I'd like to think if I'd been in a position to judge these boys or temper my reactions to them I wouldn't have put my knee-jerk assumption into my conduct. I hope, anyway.

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