Letters to the editor

The News Virginian / News Virginian
Published: April 16, 2007

Lack of lacrosse coverage

For more than a year, one of the biggest stories has been the vendetta against the Duke lacrosse players. I looked for an update in The News Virginian and finally found a short article on the team's coach on the last page. In contrast the Richmond Times-Dispatch had a headline entry continued inside the front section. Why the lack of coverage-

There are rapscallions galore besides Wilfong and the accuser.
The Board of Visitors of Duke should drag the president and the gaggle of professors who signed that letter off the campus forever. The race activists have crawled back under their rocks, awaiting another opportunity.

The lives and careers of the team members have suffered grievous harm and were judged to be universally guilty in spite of evidence to the contrary. A champion team was dismantled and a successful coach dismissed.

Races were injected because of the accuser, who seems to be a candidate for a mental institution, which was noticed early on.

Besides Wilfong losing his license, Duke should be sued and compensation paid to those accused - you don't take a year out of a young man's young life for prejudging guilt without penalty.

Another aspect is the number of accused rapists being freed based on new DNA evidence. When a woman falsely cries rape she should serve the same sentence that a convicted rapist is given.

Corbin Dixon
Waynesboro