ATRA branches out into criminal law

Sherman "Tiger" Joyce, the president of the American Tort Reform Association, has put his considerable fundraising and organizing skills to use starting a new group, the Association for Truth and Fairness, which is raising money for a legal defense fund for the former Duke lacrosse players accused of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer. So far the group has raised $750,000, according to this news account. Joyce is apparently a family friend of one of the accused players. ...