04-04-2011, 05:34 PM
I don't think I could've withstood the venom that was leveled against the team members at the time of the accusations. Many tried and sentenced those young men even before a trial. Though I read it some time ago, I remember this book as being a stunning account of what happened: Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case by Stuart Taylor Jr and KC Johnson.
I wondered if there were any legal ramifications for Mangum's accusations. In searching, I came across this February 2010 case involving Mangum and a different boyfriend, Milton Walker.
Mangum, 31, known as the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, was arrested after police say she set her apartment on fire and tried to kill her boyfriend around midnight Wednesday while her three young children and two Durham police officers were in the home. "Mangum, 31, known as the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, was arrested after police say she set her apartment on fire and tried to kill her boyfriend around midnight Wednesday while her three young children and two Durham police officers were in the home.
Screaming was heard in the background as a 911 operator took an emergency call from Mangum's 9-year-old daughter at 11:55 p.m., according to a copy of the recording.
"This is an emergency. I'm at 2220 Lincoln Street," the little girl said. "Please hurry. My mom is going to die."
At the time of the article, Mangum's children were aged 10, 9 and 3 years old.
Article here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/19/3...arges.html
Cited article here: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/02/22/cryst...court.html
I wondered if there were any legal ramifications for Mangum's accusations. In searching, I came across this February 2010 case involving Mangum and a different boyfriend, Milton Walker.
Mangum, 31, known as the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, was arrested after police say she set her apartment on fire and tried to kill her boyfriend around midnight Wednesday while her three young children and two Durham police officers were in the home. "Mangum, 31, known as the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, was arrested after police say she set her apartment on fire and tried to kill her boyfriend around midnight Wednesday while her three young children and two Durham police officers were in the home.
Screaming was heard in the background as a 911 operator took an emergency call from Mangum's 9-year-old daughter at 11:55 p.m., according to a copy of the recording.
"This is an emergency. I'm at 2220 Lincoln Street," the little girl said. "Please hurry. My mom is going to die."
At the time of the article, Mangum's children were aged 10, 9 and 3 years old.
Article here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/19/3...arges.html
Cited article here: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/02/22/cryst...court.html