European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday Aprim 3 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 n Mem g Jug by Justin Pope the associated press Raleigh no a year Sto Len from the lives of the accused an accuser humiliated and Dis credited As the world watched a prosecutors career in tatters an elite University reputation tarnished As word spread wednesday that All remaining charges had been dropped against three Duke analysis Lacrosse play ers accused of sexually assaulting an exotic dancer there was at least one Point beyond dispute this Case was Poi son for everyone touched by it there Are no winners Here said Larry Pozner a defense Law yer for 33 years and the former president of the National association of criminal defense Law yers the landscape is littered with ruined reputations Tell me who won certainly not the complaining witness not the school not the defendant not District attorney Mike Nifong the roster of potential winners is thin the Legal system eventually kept a Flimsy Case from going to trial but not before much damage was done a Long list of losers will be the legacy of the Case the players Reade Seligmann Collin in nerdy and David Evans no longer face the threat of prison time but returning to their lives of 13 months ago before the Fate Ful of Campus party is out of the question Evans has graduated while Finnerty and Seligmann after temporary suspensions have been invited Back to Duke finnertysr father told the Assoc passion for the game then play to win a season to  course of your Choice in Europe enter our tee off with Volvo military sales and stars and stripes Golf contest april 1230 two Lucky winners will each receive a season pass to the Mili tary Golf course of their Choice a value of More than to win find the stars and stripes bail hidden within the pages of your Hometown newspaper submit your entry by logging onto  and clicking on the tee off contest link one entry per id card ill 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to be viewed As entirely innocent victims to some  remain the face of a distasteful Jock Cul Ture that at the very least hired an exotic dancer for an alcohol flu eled of Campus party the accuser a College student and single Mother working As an exotic dancer she initially attracted widespread sympathy but her conflicting stories shattered her credibility North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper said she might believe the contradictory accounts she has Given if she can keep herself out of the limelight she can probably Over a period of time regain her ability to live in and among the Community said Woody Vann a Durham lawyer who once represented the accuser people have done worse than this Duke the elite University was blasted by some for failing to take the rape allegations seriously enough then for not sticking up More for the players students have moved on and last year Duke enjoyed record do nations and a near record num Ber of applications but Duke president Richard Brodhead acknowledged to the a last month that the University reputation with the general Public has been harmed on Campus there have been bitter faculty debates Over its response to the incident the Case prompted a series of studies of big issues like the athletic Cul Ture on Campus but its unclear what will come of them Given the faculty divisions former Lacrosse coach Mike Pressler after its 2006 season was cancelled Dukes Lacrosse team is Back on the Field and ranked no 4 but former coach Mike Pressler int with them Pressler had a Good reputation around Campus for handling the team and had expressly warned them before Spring break last year to behave themselves but As details of the party and a vulgar email sent by one player after the party emerged Pressler was forced out he now coaches in Bryant College in Rhode Island District attorney Mike Nifong before the Case Nifong was a respected lawyer Little known out Side Durham now Hes on the verge of being disbarred facing ethics charges that accuse him of withholding evidence lying to a court and making inflammatory comments about the players Cooper sharply criticized Nifong indirectly referring to him As a rogue prosecutor Why do we have All these ruined reputations said Pozner of the defense lawyers group be cause a Man with enormous Power didst take his time and fairly look at the facts