Colleges turning to retired judges to adjudicate campus sexual assault

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-07-10 16:29

Article here. Excerpt:

'Colleges and universities are increasingly looking to outside judges to help adjudicate accusations of campus sexual assault.

Under pressure from the Obama administration, schools in recent years have been adjudicating accusations of sexual assault. The results have been a disaster.

First, accusers insisted that the process was rigged against them, and that facing the accused was too traumatic. So the Department of Education mandated the "preponderance of evidence" standard and "strongly discouraged" schools from allowing cross-examination. It also provided no due process rights to accused students.

This, along with threats of lost funding, encouraged schools to expel more accused students based on nothing more than accusations. Accused and expelled students began fighting back. But they didn't get the support and media attention accusers enjoyed.'

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Another good article about due process (and the lack of it)...

It mentions that some colleges are hiring retired judges so they will be more "fair" however it will be the college that pay for their services, so how fair can it really be? For a judge to rule against the college which is paying him is like biting the hand that feeds.

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2015-07-10 22:47

Off topic, as this has nothing to do with OP, but is about the Nungesser vs Columbia University case a.k.a. 'Mattress Girl' case.

Apparently the defense has requested a new time schedule. The Letter of Request sent to the judge indicates it has to do with Nungessor "amending his complaint" in May. I think this was about the time Emma walked across the graduation stage with her mattress. Which leads me to believe he added this evidence.

Anyway, it sounds like pre-trial stuff will take place July through October. So the actual trial will be sometime after that. I'm going to be watching this case.

https://www.unitedstatescourts.org/federal/nysd/441389/11-0.html

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2015-07-10 22:55