Laura Kipnis Is cleared after Title IX Inquisition
The Northwestern professor recently learned that she’d been cleared of any wrongdoing.
www.washingtonpost.com by Erik Wemple
Charges Dropped, Cleared by TIX, and Legislation supporting due process investigations
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The Northwestern professor recently learned that she’d been cleared of any wrongdoing.
www.washingtonpost.com by Erik Wemple
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A false rape accusation against former University of Michigan student Drew Sterrett cost the young man three years of his life.. “OCR’s interpretation of Title IX contributed to the climate that produced the unjust expulsion in the Sterrett case.
thecollegefix By Derek Draplin University of Michigan
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Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston has been cleared by a school panel that considered whether he violated the student conduct code in relation to allegations that he sexually assaulted another student two years ago.
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After exhausting his appeals at Middlebury, John Doe sued… the case’s unusual history, in which one academic institution cleared John Doe while another expelled him, created “a unique situation.” Still, Judge Murtha agreed that John Doe, a senior, should not have his education interrupted before his lawsuit could be heard.
saveservices By Andrew Mytelka
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He was innocent, he claimed, and sought to clear his name. And now, Sterrett and Michigan have entered into a settlement agreement that does just that.
washingtonpost.com By Justin Wm. Moyer
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The University of Michigan will throw out its finding that a student engaged in nonconsensual sex with a female friend in his dorm room as part of a lawsuit settlement.
www.freep.com By David Jesse
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The University of Michigan has vacated its findings against a student accused of sexual assault, after he sued the school for violating his civil rights.
www.slate.com By Emily Yoffe
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“We are just as innocent today as we were back then”…North Carolina’s attorney general declared three former Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper innocent of all charges…”The Duke lacrosse case has shown that our society has lost sight of the most fundamental principle of our legal system: the presumption of innocence.”
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San Diego State University has lifted the suspension against a male student after finding allegations of sexual misconduct against him were unsubstantiated….“One of my goals with this overall is to try to make her accountable for what she has done and make her publicly say ‘I’m sorry’ to me, and to actual rape victims,’”
sandiegouniontribune By Gary Warth
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A federal judge ruled .. when a college promotes the idea that a woman’s post-intercourse regret is tantamount to rape, it manufactures a climate of gender discrimination against male students that can “railroad” (the court’s word, not mine) the innocent who are wrongly accused of sex offenses.