Chuck Grassley's spokeswoman responds to questions on campus sexual assault bill

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2014-08-06 18:03

Article here. Excerpt:

'Examiner: Will there be “support services” for the accused?

Will there be someone on campus providing them with information on what they can do to provide for their own defense? Will they be informed of their rights, and will those rights be under the law (due process) or under campus rules?

Gerber: There have been recommendations made to change or codify college disciplinary proceedings in ways that would have implications for due process rights, but this bill does not contain mandates about how colleges should conduct their internal disciplinary proceedings.

In developing the bill, Sen. Grassley and others prevailed in the view that the focus should be on sexual assault as a crime rather than a college disciplinary matter.'

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... why isn't it being treated like one?

Criminal matters are heard before actual law courts. They're prosecuted by DAs. The accused has the right to legal representation. And so on. Hearings, etc., on college campuses though have none of that going for them.

Alleged sexual assaults should be treated as alleged crimes. But with this and the other kinds of bills being proffered re this topic these days, the opposite is happening. In fact, directly contrary to the quoted spokeswoman, the bill reinforces the treatment of alleged sexual assaults (as defined both under the actual law of the land and by campus conduct codes) as being "just" student disciplinary problems. Bizarre.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2014-08-07 11:13