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Falsely accused Hofstra rape suspects try to cope
Photo credit: Newsday/Mario Gonzalez | Kevin Taveras, 20, of Brentwood, says he is relieved to be out of jail and that the truth came out concerning the alleged Hofstra campus rape. (Sept. 17, 2009)
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It wasn't the television cameras or the news conferences that most affected Kevin Taveras Thursday. It was his mail.
The first piece came in an envelope with no return address, and inside was a photocopy of a newspaper story about his arrest for allegedly participating in the gang rape of a female Hofstra University student early Sunday.
Scrawled on the page were the words "Enjoy prison,...
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