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The price of silence : the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities
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- Summary
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An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.
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- Creator
- William D. Cohan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Scribner hardcover edition
- New York : Scribner, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781451681796, 1451681798, 9781451681802, 1451681801, 9781451681819
- OCLC
- ocn852226555
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Exactly who is in charge at Duke -- "We've got dancers coming" -- Frat life -- An alleged rape -- Conflagration -- The new Duke -- Forty-six DNA swabs -- A sudden resignation -- A dark day for Duke -- Unanswered questions -- "Witch hunts go in stages" -- Nifong loses control of the narrative -- Election day -- New revelations -- The hunter becomes the hunted -- "She believed many of the stories she was telling" -- Insufficient credible evidence -- "The only person incarcerated" -- Bad karma -- National championship -- The denouement