Public Weighs In On Affirmative Consent Policy For College Campuses

March 8, 2016

Shelley Dempsey, who is part of a group called Families Advocating Campus Equality (FACE), told the committee that the bill will unfairly shift the burden of proof onto the accused student. Dempsey cited examples of similar cases in California and Tennessee where students were improperly expelled because of “yes means yes” regulations at universities. “I know hundreds of young men who have been falsely accused of sexual assault,” or where a night of drinking has been recast as an assault.” Video testimony here ct-n.com

ctnewsjunkie.com By Rowan Kane