Considering that this is quite an unusual case, and seeing as how there are, as you say, "legitimate legal procedures in place," I'd say that you've engaged in a bit of hyperbolic excess with this comment.
The folks at this school may well have screwed the pooch. Or not: as is apparently ALWAYS the case with stories like this, the real facts are probably not being reported.
Ah! Finally, a voice of reason. I fear you may not be welcome on this thread.