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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (57638)	4/13/2007 11:21:14 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

"I am sure Mr Nifong would have preferred that they be poor and white. So much easier to convict, and because of their school they would have appeared just as privileged." Agreed. Their families' relative prosperity helped to save them from being railroaded, but as far as driving the accusations or unethical prosecution, it was merely coincidental. The presumption is white + Dukie = rich and privileged. In some cases, it is true. I knew plenty of kids of the rich and powerful at Duke. But many more were/are purely middle class. These guys were targets because the crazy stripper picked them out of a rigged photo line-up, made up entirely of white Duke LAX players. That their families were relatively well off was presumed along with their guilt.