Strauss-Kahn Case Shows Gut Feel Trumps Law: Margaret Carlson
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Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- If only we could turn the DominiqueStrauss-Kahn case over to the writers of “Law & Order” toprovide the order we crave. It violates our sense of justice tohave one of our front-page dramas end without a finding of rightand wrong.
What the DSK story shows -- as did Casey Anthony and O.J.Simpson before -- is that the legal process and our sense ofjustice aren’t the same. Forensic evidence collected by thepolice -- semen, saliva, ripped pantyhose, a torn ligament,vaginal bruising -- was sufficient corroboration of NafissatouDiallo’s complaint to pull DSK out of his first-class seat onAir France. It was enough for many of us to question hisinnocence, even after her many embellishments and lies.