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| Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty (right) was indicted on rape charges in North Carolina this week. He will be in D.C. Superior Court April 25 for a hearing on whether he faces a trial on assault charges following his arrest last year in an alleged anti-gay attack in Georgetown. (Photo by AP) |
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to know that we take them seriously," he said, "and they should report them."
Parson said it’s helpful when people report hearing hateful speech, because those reports can yield suspects in hate crime investigations.
Finnerty, along with 45 other members of the Duke lacrosse team, submitted DNA samples for the rape investigation in North Carolina.
Defense attorneys hired by some of the players announced last week that the samples failed to match material collected by investigators.
Defense attorneys also said photographs of the woman indicate she was injured before she arrived at the March 13, off-campus party.
The 27-year-old black woman told police that three white members of the team raped and beat her.
In addition to the criminal charges against Finnerty and Seligmann, the allegations have resulted in the cancellation of the lacrosse team’s season and the resignation of coach Mike Pressler.
Lisa Lederer, spokesperson for the Family Violence Prevention Fund in San Francisco, said there are no authoritative studies linking violence against gays and violence against women.
"It’s something a lot of people have looked into, but we don’t have any data on it," she said. "It may be true, but it may be something that has never been fully studied."
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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