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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter all these years, the "good ol' boy network" still protects the star athlete
A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/16/sports/errors-in-inquiry-on-rape-allegations-against-fsu-jameis-winston.html
The police did not follow the obvious leads that would have quickly identified the suspect as well as witnesses, one of whom videotaped part of the sexual encounter. After the accuser identified Mr. Winston as her assailant, the police did not even attempt to interview him for nearly two weeks and never obtained his DNA.
The detective handling the case waited two months to write his first report and then prematurely suspended his inquiry without informing the accuser. By the time the prosecutor got the case, important evidence had disappeared, including the video of the sexual act.
They just missed all the basic fundamental stuff that you are supposed to do, Mr. Meggs said in a recent interview. Even so, he cautioned, a better investigation might have yielded the same result.
The case has unfolded as colleges and universities across the country are facing rising criticism over how they deal with sexual assault, as well as questions about whether athletes sometimes receive preferential treatment. The Timess examination based on police and university records, as well as interviews with people close to the case, including lawyers and sexual assault experts found that, in the Winston case, Florida State did little to determine what had happened.
The detective handling the case waited two months to write his first report and then prematurely suspended his inquiry without informing the accuser. By the time the prosecutor got the case, important evidence had disappeared, including the video of the sexual act.
They just missed all the basic fundamental stuff that you are supposed to do, Mr. Meggs said in a recent interview. Even so, he cautioned, a better investigation might have yielded the same result.
The case has unfolded as colleges and universities across the country are facing rising criticism over how they deal with sexual assault, as well as questions about whether athletes sometimes receive preferential treatment. The Timess examination based on police and university records, as well as interviews with people close to the case, including lawyers and sexual assault experts found that, in the Winston case, Florida State did little to determine what had happened.
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After all these years, the "good ol' boy network" still protects the star athlete (Original Post)
Roland99
Apr 2014
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alp227
(32,026 posts)1. In all fairness, here's Florida State's side of the story
Roland99
(53,342 posts)2. quite a few of their points are rather generic and vague in nature
and don't address specific issues w/the case.
Other items do address specific things.
And the NY Times points to more than just the University.
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)3. What rape culture?
Those still denying rape culture will be here to defend this at any moment.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. the way things were just completely swept aside once he was cleared struck me as very odd
like it was pre-ordained to end that way and anything up until then was just an annoyance.
*sigh*
Skittles
(153,164 posts)5. those guys only "get it" when they have daughters
assholes