Lots of readers — uninterested in David Kuo — are keen to know if I saw the 60 Minutes story on the Lacrosse rape case. Indeed, I did. And when Ed Bradley says this story is B.S. — you just know it’s got to be B.S. I think there’s a whopper of a wrongful prosecution case in the works. Anyway, here’s one letter from a reader (with stong Duke ties):

Jonah, I saw your post on the second 60 Minutes segment from last night and I was hoping to get your reaction on the extended first piece on the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case/Hoax. I have some first hand knowledge of what these accusations have done to the team members and their families, especially the families of the three accused boys, obviously. I can’t overstate how important is for the public to understand that it is impossible for this rape to have occurred. And it isn’t enough for these boys to be acquitted, although that is obviously the first priority. Their reputations have been smeared to such an extent that not even a verdict of not guilty will be able to fully cleanse them in the minds of many people. Meanwhile, a rogue DA and a corrupt police department down in Durham are being allowed to carry on this charade in the name of politics and a general dislike of Duke, respectively. Lastly, the reaction of Duke’s President and Faculty has been disgraceful, and this was something that was not covered satisfactorily in the 60 Minutes piece. The liberal faculty members, who profess to be open-minded about everything, are anything but. President Richard Broadhead has all but stated publicly that guilty and innocence isn’t all that important to him, because the actions that took place at the party were unacceptable regardless of whether a rape occurred. As if underage drinking is synonymous with rape, sodomy and kidnapping. To this day, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that three Duke students are being framed, neither the President nor a significant number of faculty members have renounced their earlier condemnations or offered a modicum of support to the players. There is so much more foulness to this case; Ed Bradley was only able to scratch the surface, though admirably so, in the time allotted to him. The following blogs are excellent and have been following the case in great detail for months: http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com http://liestoppers.blogspot.com http://johninnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/