Rape Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players Dropped--Now What?

So the rape charges have been dropped against David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, now what? I had my suspicions from the beginning that they were even guilty in the first place, but the public tried and found them guilty without even considering the possibility that they were innocent.

If you think that the rape charges being dropped makes all of their problems go away, think again. These young men will always have people that think they are guilty, no matter how much evidence points to the contrary. They lost an entire season of lacrosse, and their coach even lost his job-all before a trial. David Evans graduated yet had to put a career on hold while he waited for the outcome of this case. Collin Finnerty was suspended and Reade Seligmann couldn't even go on campus. All of this without proof of any wrong-doing. Is anyone else outraged?? There was a tremendous outcry by university officials, professors and students, not to mention the surrounding community and the nation, condemning these men without any proof. They received death threats and essentially lost a school year because of one person's finger pointing in a fictitious account of what really happened that night. It was a good old-fashioned witch hunt.

So what really happened? We may never know. All we know is that the exotic dancer identified only as "Precious," claimed to have been raped and pointed to these three players' photos as her attackers. Never mind that they had ATM video, taxi and other paper trails that proved that they could not have been where she claimed when the alleged attack occurred. Never mind that the other dancer "Nikki," who was there with "Precious" that night told authorities that "Precious" seemed intoxicated in some way, and that she never got the impression that anything bad had happened. Never mind that the DA, Mike Nilfong is accused of ignoring evidence that could have exonerated the men and is now accused of blowing the case out of proportion to appeal to the black voters in an upcoming election. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?