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coe' state cabinet ... linda coleman, our next lt. governor. i'm linda coleman, and i'm running for lt. governor because it's time to fight back, so our children don't have to do it all over again. i've fought to improve schools all my life. and now, i'm going to fight against the republicans in raleigh ... because we're in a fight
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it was 10 years ago the duke lacrosse case thrust north carolina into the spotlight. it was a case tear ago part lives, exposing flaws in the justice system and ended the career of a district attorney. >> julia sims covered case from the beginning. she takes a look at how things have changed and the lessons learned. when three duke lacrosse player were falsely accused of raping and assaulting an exotic dancer at a party y you have all been told some fantastic lies. >> reporter: the defense attorney describes it as one of the most intense momentss of his career. >> it was kind of like a dream. it is kind of like a book that you read that you n't believe was true. >> reporter: accuser crystal
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and eventually unraser eled. dna tests confirmed there was for rape but not before the district attorney publicly convicted the trio. a am not going to allow durham's view in the mind of the world to be a bunch of lacrosse player from duke raping a black girl in durham. >> we learned that you simply can't take the word of a prosecutor or a police officer and simply believe it. >> reporter: he was found to have withheld crucial dna evidence. the high high pressure powered defense team spent week researching and systematically tearing apart the case. >> i believe, if the duke la crosse players had just been three poor people, black, white or hispanic it wouldn't have made any difference, that they may still be in prison today. >> it became very clear to a
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prosecutors office can abuse the power that they have. >> reporter: law professor irving joyner often refers to case when teaching about the criminal justice system. like cheshire, he calls it a cautionary tale, a reminder about the fundmental right regarding the presumption of innocence. >> there was a lot of hurt. >> reporter: joiner recalls the protests. >> we're making this kind of noise. >> reporter: many people here in the triangle and across the country had declared the players guilty from day one. >> the history of a crime against african-americans were not taken seriously by the authorities. so they were outraged. >> reporter: the scandal ghghd e raed relationship between duke university and the city of durham. since then, school has tried to strengthen that relationship. >> i think we are in a much better position in term of partner shall.
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believes the tension, the protests were expected given what was said in the beginning. >> inwe as a community are big enough for get over it and move o. >> reporter: a year after the ask san diegos, attorney general roy cooper declared the players innocent. niphong was forced to resign and eventually disbarred. cheshire says the case ways wake high pressure up call for the legal system. but when asked if it could happen again, he says -- >> it happens every day in almost every criminal court in america still today. >> reporter: julia sims, wral news. we tried to reach the three former plays are as well as mike niphong but were unsuccessful. the duke president declined our request find interview. the three accused sued the university and ultimately reached a confidential settlement with the school. in 2014, they reached a settlement with the city of durham.
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compensation. they requested the city give a $50,000 gant to the north commission. so the question, where are they now? the accusations centered around play ares dave evance colin f. nnerty android seligmann. they was declared innocent. they currently live in the new york city area. evans >> coach mike pressler was fired in the wake of scanned after 16 successful soaps a atta duke. he now heads up the program at bryant university in rhode island. former prosecutor mike niphong still lives in durham. he has apt a low profile in recent years but we are told he is active in his church. as if the woman at the center of the scandal, she later wrote a book about the case inform 2013, she was convicted of
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she is now in prison cepping a 14 to 18 year sentence. -- serving a 14 to 18 year sentence. >> hard to believe it has been 10 years. as the mayor said, a lot of healing has taken place. we are here for the weekend and we have a great warm start. >> 80 degrees officially out at rdu. >> all week we have avenue been trying to get to that point. >> 58 in wilmington. how nice that is. with all the warm weather, you may be getting things ready for the spring season. hank and marcia found that out today as they were getting ready on get their boat prepared for the season. this is what they found when hank was getting his boat ready for the season. he found some baby squirrels in a nest in the boat. he said he destroyed the nest by cleaning the boat. the nest wasn't any good when he found it. he put them in a pine dish and put them in a she had.
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them and she didn't. he made a makeshift nest and the next day they were gone so them. ending. thank you for sending in our amazing pic of the day. fitness forecast. what i nice day temperaturewise cover. on by. it will be mostly cloudy by 8:00, dry and still very pleasant with about 6 # at that point with light winds and a lot of cloud cover is what wave seen today. take a look at the temperature trend. started off in the 60s this morning. 6 # officially after 5 #:00 a.m. this morning at the airport. we got up to 80 degrees the first time so far this year. we are holding at 7 # right now. 79 at wilmington after their 85 today. -- 79 right now.
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through the entire day and they will stick with us during the night and tomorrow. there is the big system pripping flooding rain rains to louisiana -- bringing flooding rains to louisiana, mississippi. some of this energy will be making its way into the area during the day tomorrow. just a lot of cloud cover. small chance of rain but i think we'll get a better chance of rain sunday and into monday. so if you are traveling around the state this weekend, the coast looks like the better place to be for tomorrow with partly to maybe mostly cloudy skies. 60 around hatteras to 77 in wilmington. sunday fee tears better chance for rain, mostly cloudy. mid-60s at hatteras to about 75 in will minton. just a small chance of rain during the latter part of the day. low clouds, maybe some fog, some light rain and drizzle. 64 at boone to 74 at asheville. likewise on sunday, pretty good shot of getting rain on sunday with mid- and upper 60s for the highs.
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the morning, cloudy start, a wee bit cooler. here is your seven-day forecast. we'll check out the rainfall possibilities for rain on sunday. it hooks like it will be a dry start to the day but by the end of the day, the rainfall probabilities do go up. there is a chance we do get wet. over weekend, it is still warmment temperatures in the 70s and we still have a pretty decent shot of getting some rain. tuesday and wednesday feature greater sunshine and greater warmth. perhaps it time next week ark chance of rain with temperatures in the 60s. this weekend, saturday night before you go to bed, that time change. turn the clock forward one hour before you go to bed. >> losing that hour. >> thank you. soy the furniture you no longer want can change the life of a family going through hard times. coming up in tonight's good things report, how the green chair project helps people rebuild their lives.
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what bernie sanders had to say in the that campaign stop in raleigh. wral speaks with sanders about issues important to tarheel vote. his answers coming up. >> moose butler is still trying to decide if there is any disciplinary action to be taken against his deputies after a trump supporter sucker punched a row tester. >> we'll talk with garth brooks about his three nights in raleigh. that is new at there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president?
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