rjsuperfly66 wrote:I think it's easy to point at Miss Goodwin and say "Look at what you did, you must have been turning a blind eye towards the basketball team." However, if that is the case, and evidence existed that she dismissed, how come Providence PD has taken so long with this investigation? Her opinion came down in a week. Providence has had the case for 3 months. Last I heard, they were chasing evidence PC didn't have access to, which to me means that they didn't think they had anything substantive.
The main reason it has taken so long is because the victim did not immediately go to the police and have a rape kit test performed for evidence. She first went to PC and from my vanatge point it looks like she was initially willing to let the school discipline the assailants. It appears to me that the school's reversal of the punishment pushed her into going to the police as she did not get satifaction from PC. Going to the police months after the incident however did not help her case and has made authorities take a slow and deliberate course. Charges may ultimately not be brought because the AG may decide they would be difficult to prove given the lack of evidence and time lapse. If charges are not brought forth, that does not mean that a crime did not occur. Given what we know know about Brandon Austin (2nd similar accusation), I would believe the PC coed's story much more.