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  • Crystal Mangum Found Guilty of Murder

    Crystal Mangum Found Guilty of Murder

    Crystal Mangum, the woman who falsely accused three lacrosse players from Duke University of rape, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday. Mangum was convicted in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, 46-year-old Reginald Daye. It only took a jury about six hours to convict Mangum, who was subsequently sentenced to between 14 and 18 years in prison for her crime.

    It was back in 2006 when Mangum, hired as a stripper for a Duke University lacrosse party, accused six players of gang-raping her. As a result of her accusations, which were later deemed to be false–the team coach lost his job. The state’s attorney general declared the players innocent after Crystal Mangum’s story fell flat and she showed a history of serious mental instability.

    News of Mangum’s conviction made its way to Twitter.

    Mangum claimed self-defense in the killing of Reginald Daye, claiming he was beating her in a jealous rage. She says during that beating she “poked him in the side” with a kitchen knife. Clearly the jury didn’t buy this story. Whether that’s based on the evidence presented by the prosecution or the defendant’s penchant for making things up remains unknown at this point in time. One day soon the jurors will no doubt have the opportunity to speak out during interviews about their reasons for convicting Crystal Mangum, and at that time it will become clear how and why each of them voted.

    Regardless of the how and the why of this complex case, however, Crystal Mangum will serve the next 14 to 18 years of her life behind bars. During that time she will hopefully receive some serious mental health counseling and perhaps learn the value of telling the truth.

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  • Duke Lacrosse Accuser is Found Guilty of Murder

    Remember the woman who falsely accused three members of the Duke lacrosse team of raping her back in 2006? She now faces at least 14 years in prison for second-degree murder. Crystal Mangum, who is still known as the “Duke lacrosse accuser,” was found guilty of killing her boyfriend.

    Mangum, who is no stranger to crime, was accused of killing boyfriend Reginald Daye in 2011. At the time, Mangum claimed the stabbing was in self-defense because Daye was attacking her.

    “He straddled me, hit me, and then he started choking me,” Mangum said during her testimony. “I couldn’t breathe. My head hurt real bad. I was just trying to survive and I felt like Reginald was trying to kill me.” Mangum said she then grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Daye once in the side.

    It’s possible that Mangum could have gotten away with her crime, except for the fact that Daye didn’t immediately die. He spent 10 days in the hospital before dying because of complications relating to the stab wound, and before he died, he gave a statement to the police. He said they did fight, but that Mangum tried to stab him several times before stabbing him in the side.

    Even though Mangum played the victim card again, there were too many holes in Mangum’s story and she was eventually charged with first-degree murder. The scene of the crime was reportedly consistent with Daye’s story, but not with the chain of events Mangum provided. Even though the jury only found Mangum guilty of second-degree murder, she still faces a hefty prison sentence–Judge Paul Ridgeway ordered Mangum to serve a sentence of no less than 14 years in prison.

    Mangum’s history is spotted with run-ins with the law. Aside from the false rape allegations, she has also been accused of attempted murder, child abuse, arson and trying to run over a police officer in the past, but she has never spent any significant time behind bars until now.

    Some people believe that Mangum was only found guilty as punishment for accusing members of the Duke lacrosse team of rape, but Assistant District Attorney/prosecutor Charlene Franks said the Duke lacrosse case had nothing to do with it. “It was about Reggie Daye and what happened in April 2011,” Franks said.

    As you can see from the tweets below, some people are chalking up the Duke lacrosse accuser’s prison sentence to karma:

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