Okay but not great journalism--good links to news reports that tell me things I didn't know--but the post itself doesn't add much to them

Denial of justice, and the perversion of the prosecutorial authority, makes this a continuing story of importance. The behavior of the police, as described here, is a relatively recent addition to the story and fleshes out the issue. The watchdog function of the media on the criminal justice system prevents many serious problems. The exposure of wrongdoing, as suggested by this piece, is why the Constitution provides safeguards for the media.

Sadly this corrupt DA used the fact that Black voters would vote for him if he took the side of the Black "victim" and not the rich White kids. It worked and can teach us a lesson on voting as well as light a flame over elected officials using race, regardless of the implications just to be elected. Voters need to be much more aware of voting because of race. The sooner we start describing ourselves as the "human" race - the better!

This is a blog post that summarizes observations from the Duke lacross players case that has received broad news coverage both before and after disclosures of prosecutorial and police misconduct. There is nothing new here except a reminder of how easily justice can be derailed.

While this may be a well-reasoned piece, I don't think it's a very important story. These kinds of cases are a dime a dozen. This is local news with very little impact on the rest of the country or the world. The fact that the television news is obsessed with it does not mean it should be considered a top story. It's like making the JonBennet Ramsey case national news. It's really a kind of fetish (boosting the pro-college-sport culture Vs. anti-college-sport culture wars, but without serious exploration, which is great for ratings) but is mostly a distraction from immensely more important events.

The author clearly separates his opinion from the source material. He has and expresses strong opinions, but I have followed this story for considerably more than a year, and I believe his conclusions are justified, based on background material.

An accurate summation of the facts on the ground (I'm in Durham in the middle of it). For more details Liestoppers.com is the best aggregation site.

Although it's a good summation and commentary, there is very little in this blog post which is really new. Almost all of it has been reported before, or else comes from the linked News & Observer article.