Gillibrand said the reason schools could use a low standard of proof…and deny due process was “Because you’re not throwing someone in jail.” So on the one hand she’s saying that this is a serious issue and that we need to protect victims, and on the other hand she is saying “don’t worry, accused students, the punishment isn’t that bad.”
www.washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow
…the episode clearly shows us that colleges and universities should not be playing investigator, judge, jury and executioner in the first place.
www.washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow
“With pressure from the government, institutions walk a fine line of doing something at the mere sign of an allegation and sometimes going over and beyond what is necessary to be fair to the accused,” United Educators, paid out $36 million between 2006 and 2010 for 262 sexual assault cases on behalf of universities. Seventy-two percent of the payouts went to those who sued universities after being accused of sexual assault.
www.forbes.com By Jill Castellano
“…activists on this issue are mistaken when they say that we’re in the midst of a campus rape crisis. The data just don’t support the notion. And the studies that do have some serious flaws.”
www.washingtonpost.com By Radley Balko
New details emerge about John Doe’s lawsuit against Amherst. Attorney Max Stern speaks out on ‘The Kelly File’
Brit Hume on the ‘Kelly File’ explains the government’s over reach and why innocent men are swiftly expelled.
Higher education institutions are not designed, financed or suited to simultaneously play prosecutor, judge and jury. We have constitutionally mandated requirements for due process in our criminal justice system, and if schools are to be tasked by the DOE with investigating and adjudicating quasi-criminal accusations, appropriate safeguards must be guaranteed to the accused.
How does an Amherst girl get an Amherst guy kicked out of college when she consented to sex and texted her friends about it? KC Johnson talks about college sexual assault and the lack of due process rights for the accused on ‘The Kelly File’
legalinsurrection.com Posted by Amy Miller
A society that treats women like they lose something from sexual activity is going to find women defending themselves from that alleged loss by any means: including falsely claiming that sexual activity was neither wanted nor consented to.
thelibertarianrepublic.com By Avens O’Brien
Absent from this poll and any of the Post’s follow up articles was any mention of the increasing number of lawsuits being filed by students who have been expelled after what they say was a wrongful conviction.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow