Three Duke lacrosse players who were charged with raping a stripper were exonerated on all criminal charges six years ago, but their civil suit against the City of Durham lives on—now the centerpiece of a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Commonly known as the “Duke lacrosse case,” the scandal is “one of the most notorious episodes of police and prosecutorial misconduct in recent American history,” Williams & Connolly partner Kannon Shanmugam wrote in the petition, filed in May on behalf of players who were exonerated.
