New York Governor Screens 'The Hunting Ground,' Introduces Campus Rape Legislation

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'Inspired by The Hunting Ground, a widely praised — and criticized — cinematic documentary on campus sexual assaults, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using screenings of the film to promote legislation that would establish a uniform definition of consent, as well as reporting and investigative procedures for all his state’s public and private colleges and universities.

As part of his campaign, Cuomo hosted a private screening of the film at Lincoln Center Tuesday with a question-and-answer session afterward. The proposed statute is titled "Enough Is Enough" and is modeled not only on a code already adopted by the State University of New York system, but also on California’s groundbreaking "Yes Means Yes" law. The key to both the California law and New York’s proposed statute is a clear definition of what constitutes consent to sex: an unambiguous "yes" to specific acts. That legal consent cannot be given by an individual intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
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After seeing that movie, which was nominated for an Academy Award, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta implemented sweeping reforms across the armed services. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand credits the film with inspiring her to introduce the Military Justice Improvement Act, which set up an independent judiciary to review sexual assault allegations in the armed services.

The Hunting Ground, however has become the source of some controversy, with the Libertarian publication Reason and the generally liberal online magazine Slate alleging that some of the cases reported in the film misrepresent or exaggerate the actual facts of the encounters.'

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Central Allegation in The Hunting Ground Collapses Under Scrutiny