DUE PROCESS Advocates Cheer Georgia Protections for Accused

September 1, 2017

Students in University System of Georgia institutions are getting more due-process protections in campus sexual-assault proceedings, following recent legislative attempts to protect the wrongly accused. In cases that could result in suspension or expulsion, colleges will have to notify the university system itself. Accused students will get written notice of the complaint and allegations and the right to remain silent “without an adverse inference resulting,” among other safeguards. Because “due process is the standard now,” Rep. Earl Ehrhart is convinced that “false allegations won’t have a place to survive.”

thecollegefix.com By Jorin Burkhart