GOOD NEWS: Student Cleared Of Sex Assault Returns To Yale, But Still Faces Expulsion
A Yale University Student who was cleared of sexual assault charges in a court of law can return to his school, but faces a campus kangaroo court under activist pressure to expel him. Saifullah Khan, an immigrant who grew up in an Afghanistan refugee camp, was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Yale student after a night of drinking. Jurors took less than four hours to find him not guilty after viewing surveillance video showing Khan and his accuser walking arm-in-arm while smiling, which the prosecution tried to present as Khan dragging the woman. Activists (who were not in the courtroom) do not think Khan is innocent, but jurors say that it was the video evidence that convinced them Khan was not guilty. “He’s innocent, and the facts prove it,” said alternate juror Elise Wiener. “He was acquitted because he deserved to be acquitted and the prosecutor should never have brought the case in the first place.” But the courtroom trial means almost nothing on a college campus. Accused students are routinely denied the ability to cross-examine or even to face their accuser, and exculpatory evidence is often ignored. Schools also don’t have the same powers as police and courts to compel evidence. The video footage that cleared Khan may not even be shown, or it may not be weighted as much as the accuser’s claims…Yale is currently involved in another high-profile sexual assault allegation, this one involving a former basketball captain who is suing the university for denying him due process.
dailywire.com By Ashe Schow
