2006-04-24

Duke Rape via Date Rape Drug?

If anybody slipped the accuser a date rape drug, or assisted or covered such an action, I hope each such person goes to prison, even if no rape occured. Stealing somebody's consciousness is a horrible crime. There are some facts to consider when assessing the plausability of this allegation:

- Some people use these drugs by choice, as they enjoy the effect. Thus evidence of date rape drug in somebody's system is not evidence that the ingestion resulted from a "mickey." However, the population of people who consume these drugs recreationally comprises the "rave" scene, which is nearly all white, and the few blacks who participate tend to be white-oriented blacks. Thus, from what I understand about the accuser, if lab tests reveal that she has one of these drugs, I will assume that the guys drugged her, and I will withdraw my support from them. However, it may be non-automatic to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any body drugged the accuser, or that any particular lacrosse player did.

- These drugs are known as "forget" drugs, and amnesia is one of their halmark effects, both by people who enjoy them by choice, and people who use them to facilitate rape. In my survey of these drugs, it appears implausable that somebody under their influence could remember a rape clearly enough to detail it, fight back, argue with people over money afterwards, and then make rape allegations an hour later.

1 comment:

Paul Hue said...

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/04/25/194891.html

Thomas Sowell make an interesting and novel point: The DA is keepting the rest of the team worried with threats of a third arrest, and the fear of what that arrest -- even of an innocent person -- will do to the formally accused. This is one way to cohorce one of the players into saying something untruthful to help the DA's case. The flipflop of Stripper 2 already looks like it possibly rusulted from such a situation.