Duke’s response seems to have been governed solely by PR considerations. Hence the accused were not offered one word of support by the Admin.; the university president refused to meet with them or their parents although he met with demonstrators and fervently addressed local community groups; he refused to look at evidence proving them innocent; he denigrated them publicly; and aside from one exception, the faculty and students of the law school remained mum (while “Scottsboro II” was going on in their front yard).

OTOH, the faculty “gang of 88″, and others, did what they could to hound the accused off campus (while lumping all athletes in all sports into the same category). Never waste a crisis. It seems everyone had an agenda
and, “sometimes a case is so important that innocence cannot be allowed as a defense.”

The expected support from the “alma mater” was not forthcoming. The “alma mater” was not even neutral; it was leading the cheering section for the prosecution in hopes of diverting the lynch mob from its door.