Duke lacrosse case

The "Duke lacrosse case" was a high-profile criminal justice case in which three white student athletes at Duke University were accused of raping an African-American exotic dancer at a party. Though the District Attorney prosecuting the case made numerous news appearances, in which he spoke strongly about the evidence pointing towards the guilt of the accused, an investigation by the Attorney General of North Carolina after the original prosecutor recused himself found "no credible evidence that an attack occurred in that house that night." The prosecutor was later disbarred and removed from office over his misconduct in the case, including withholding DNA evidence that was favorable to the defense and lying to both Court and Bar investigators.