St. John's lacrosse case

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The St. John's lacrosse case was a 1990 criminal case in which some members of the

Out of Control".[3]

Case

On March 1, 1990,

Tawana Brawley scandal.[1] This though was 3 years after the Tawana Brawley case.[8]

Trial

The case was said to be about consent.[9] The victim's sexual history was put on trial.[10] Some people wondered how much the victim could remember if she was out of consciousness.[11] Another issues was how long it took for the student to report it.[12] The two-week delay seemed to be problematic.[13] One student, Thomas Dean,[14] made a deal with prosecutors and stated the version of events told by the victim was true.[15] The jury consisted of 10 white and two blacks.[16] One student plead guilty and agreed to testify against the others.[17] The charges against the students included sodomy.[17] The alleged rapists were all acquitted of the crime.[18]

Aftermath

New York City Mayor

Charles B. Rangel compared "the verdict to the acquittal of whites in the Old South" and said he would demand today that the Justice Department prosecute the men for violating the woman's civil rights."[16] Several students were fully expelled from St. John's University after the incident.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Little Anger At Sex Case At St. John's". The New York Times. May 15, 1990.
  2. ^ "On the Issues Magazine: Winter 1990: Living in a land of Sexual Violence by Merle Hoffman".
  3. ^ "Law & Order - Season 2, Episode 8: Out of Control - TV.com". www.tv.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e "St. John's Case Offers 2 Versions of Events". The New York Times. July 6, 1991.
  5. ^ Peggy Reeves Sanday. "The Duke Case in Perspective".
  6. ^ "Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search".
  7. ^ "4 Students At St. John's Likely To Face Rape Charge". tribunedigital-orlandosentinel.
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  9. ^ "Student Pleads Guilty at Start Of Rape Trial". The New York Times. May 29, 1991.
  10. ISBN 9780816627493
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  11. ISBN 9781451681802
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  12. ^ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/wickham/2006-04-17-wickham_x.htm
  13. ^ Shipp, E. R. (July 6, 1991). "St. John's Case Offers 2 Versions of Events". The New York Times.
  14. ^ "The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search".
  15. ^ "USATODAY.com - Race and sex cast long shadow over Duke".
  16. ^ a b c "3 St. John's Students Acquitted Of Sexually Assaulting a Woman". The New York Times. July 24, 1991.
  17. ^ a b Fried, Joseph P. (May 29, 1991). "Student Pleads Guilty at Start of Rape Trial". The New York Times.
  18. ISBN 9780029037157
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  19. ^ "St. Johns suspends 5, expels 1 in basketball team sex scandal". TimesLedger. February 12, 2004.
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