The prosecutor at the center of the Cornell maelstrom
Allegations of gang rape at Cornell have cast a harsh national glare on a New York district attorney and his small office.
Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house have rocked the office of the local prosecutor who declined at the time to bring criminal charges. So who is the district attorney who said he’s re-examining the allegations? Also, a woman on Tennessee’s death row is in critical condition after not one, but two, botched lethal injection attempts. Let’s get into it. Why a central New York prosecutor didn’t bring criminal charges over allegations of a gang rape at Cornell University in 2024 and whether he will do so now are among the many questions engulfing his small, nine-attorney office.
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