Posted on 07/15/2015 3:13:43 AM PDT by rickyrikardo
A California trial court judge in San Diego has determined that a college student found responsible for sexual misconduct by a university disciplinary board was not given a fair hearing by the school. The student, who faced a years suspension, was not given an adequate chance to challenge the findings of a university investigator or to cross-examine his accuser.
While the decision may or may not have wider legal application, it comes amid a wide debate about the procedures used by universities to adjudicate complaints of sexual assault, which generally give the accused much less leeway to defend themselves than is required by the courts.
John Doe and Jane Roe students of the University of California at San Diego referred to in court documents by these pseudonyms had a number of sexual encounters in early 2014 when they were both undergraduates. Some were consensual; some allegedly were not. In June, Roe complained about Doe to the university, alleging assault as well as retaliation. Doe was found responsible by the university for digitally penetrating Roe the day after they had allegedly had sex for the first time.
The investigator believed Roe.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Colleges aren’t limited to things like the truth....which is why I have set myself up for an LGBT label when the hammer finally drops.
Sounds like General Motors to me...
I was a contract employee there (GMTC) back in the mid-late ‘90s and one fine winter’s day I had returned to the building I worked in with my arms full of fast food and a magazine. I made my way over to the elevator where there were two women waiting and when the door opened up, we all walked in...All the while, the two women carried on in conversation and as far as I could tell, they hadn’t really noticed me as we arrived at the selected floor. When the door opened up I stepped out before they did and one of them shouted at my back, “Well, YOU’RE no gentleman!” with a scowl. Neither of the two women were at all attractive (by American standards) and I just turned and looked back at them both as they stared back at me in disgust as though I had “faux pauxed” so terribly that I should apologize immediately and profusely. Well, that didn’t happen. In fact, I think it registered with them that my attitude at that moment was that they could both kiss my rebel ass.
In a case of “she said; he said”, always go with the accused without other corroborating evidence. Women lie as much as men, and he could be guilty, but in the inflicting of punishment, it shouldn’t rely on the simeple testimony of one person.
The inmates are running the asylum.
The criminals are running the Department of Justice.
The morons are running academia.
People should read the linked story before commenting. The circumstances are ... well, you decide.
“universities/colleges will find against students, but not against abusive faculty ...”
Several faculty we know are scared $-—less of students now because administrators are increasingly siding with the students (or their helicopter parents) on every complaint.
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