JUDGE Sides With Innocent Student Punished By University

June 22, 2017

A federal court says a public university in Virginia violated a student’s right to due process by punishing him severely after exonerating him of rape allegations. The university’s five-and-a-half year suspension of Doe only happened after his accuser, “Jane Roe,” appealed a finding in his favor. The U.S. Constitution does not allow an accused person to be tried again after exoneration, known as double jeopardy, but the practice was forced on colleges by the Department of Education’s 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter.

thecollegefix.com By Kayla Schierbecker