You did not even try to verify it. Lastly, you completely dismissed a witness, the accuser's neighbor at Centennial, who testified that she was in her room that night and heard nothing. This witness testified that she always clearly hears what is going on next door because of the acoustics at the dorm. Living as I do in a country where free press and democracy are not taken for granted but are still the subject of struggle, it is beyond my comprehension that you are willing to abuse such a beautiful freedom in the name of an agenda I simply cannot understand. Fighting against sexual abuse is the most laudable of goals.
Rape is the act of a sadistic animal who has no place in our society.
Your coverage of this trial did nothing for the advancement of that objective, since the truth was withheld. Telling the truth is the only way to motivate society in the right direction. It was telling the truth after all that actually started the long-overdue correction of women's positions in society. Telling a lie, or even a half-truth, from such a powerful forum as a newspaper only feeds hate and ignorance. It ensures that conflicts are not solved in a civilized manner but simply by the use of force.