Unless you’ve been living in a rock, the Duke boys have had all charges dropped. Not just a “lack of evidence”, mind you; but have actually publicly been declared innocent by the Attorney General. There was no rape, there was no attack, it was Tawana Brawley part II.
The Duke boys’ families spent millions to defend themselves. While the families are fairly affluent, dropping a million is really tough. And it’s not like the lawyers used their resources to influence a jury… there was no trial because there was no attack. Many saw the writing on the wall as early as April 2006, yet the DA and the accuser kept the charade going for a year.
Crystal Mangum faces no charges, but surely the Duke families have plans to get their unnecessarily-spent millions back. I figure they aren’t going after Crystal, are they going after the state?
Is the only recourse a civil suit against the state? And/or against Nifong?