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Students at UNC schools accused of sexual assault would get protection under new law

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article227326134.html?fbclid=IwAR05Y99meYH8NRKwtUp_CZL137Bm9ofQMm0hRxvB1RyYRN2iuFtJQi9jCjg Students at UNC schools accused of sexual assault would get protection under new law BY MARTHA QUILLIN MARCH 08, 2019 06:40 PM, UPDATED MARCH 08, 2019 09:35 PM N.C. State University’s bell tower. 2008 NEWS & OBSERVER FILE PHOTO A bill introduced by a North Carolina lawmaker on Thursday would add legal protections for UNC system

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PR: PRESUMED GUILTY: Dishonest and Unethical ‘Start By Believing’ Investigations

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org PRESUMED GUILTY: Dishonest and Unethical ‘Start By Believing’ Investigations WASHINGTON / March 7, 2019 – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is launching a national campaign to warn criminal defense attorneys, lawmakers, and others about the perils of Start By Believing (SBB) and other “victim-centered” investigative

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PR: ‘Start By Believing’ Investigations: Dishonest and Unethical

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org ‘Start By Believing’ Investigations: Dishonest and Unethical WASHINGTON / March 4, 2019 – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is today launching a national campaign designed to alert college administrators, public officials, attorneys, and the public to the perils of Start By Believing and other “victim-centered”

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The Great Due-Process Revival

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/due-process-protections-metoo-movement/ The Great Due-Process Revival By DAVID FRENCH February 25, 2019 5:46 PM Signs at a “#MeToo” demonstration during the second annual Women’s March in Cambridge, Mass., January 20, 2018. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) I was traveling Friday and missed a rather interesting and consequential story. Lisa Borders, the CEO of Time’s Up, an “organization born of the #MeToo movement

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Judge approves anti-male bias lawsuit against University of Colorado

https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-approves-anti-male-bias-lawsuit-against-university-of-colorado/ Judge approves anti-male bias lawsuit against University of Colorado ETHAN BERMAN – UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN •FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Accuser broke confidentiality with no sanction The University of Colorado-Boulder’s use of “trauma-informed” practices in sexual misconduct investigations are “plausible” evidence of bias against males, a federal court ruled last week. It denied the taxpayer-funded university’s motion

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Missouri Title IX overhaul gains steam, but faces uncertain future

https://www.thecollegefix.com/missouri-title-ix-overhaul-gains-steam-but-faces-uncertain-future/ Missouri Title IX overhaul gains steam, but faces uncertain future GRAHAM PIRO – STAFF REPORTER •FEBRUARY 25, 2019 UPDATED Legislators voice support, but may wait for national Title IX changes to take effect In November 2017, Holly Rehder published her #MeToo story in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. “There’s power in telling. Whether you receive justice or not,”

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Continued Judicial Rulings Against Biased, ‘Victim-Centered’ Campus Investigations

Continued Judicial Rulings Against Biased, ‘Victim-Centered’ Campus Investigations SAVE February 24, 2019 Campus investigators wield considerable influence in shaping the evidentiary record on which the fact-finder relies in rendering a determination of innocence or guilt. Current training administered to Title IX investigators focuses on a victim-centered approach that encourages them to “believe the victim.” Such

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Accused College Students Deserve the Presumption of Innocence

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/title-ix-ags/582673/ Accused College Students Deserve the Presumption of Innocence Nineteen attorneys general are lobbying against extending that right in Title IX cases on campus. Conor Friedersdorf Staff writer at The Atlantic LEAH MILLIS / REUTERS Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos believes that college students accused of sexual misconduct in Title IX cases are owed a presumption

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Criminal justice reform myths about racism and sexism

https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/02/17/criminal-justice-reform-myths-about-racism-and-sexism/ Criminal justice reform myths about racism and sexism By Hans Bader February 17, 2019 Self-styled criminal justice reformers peddle false claims that racism is prevalent in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that it is biased against women. The reality is that it is heavily biased in favor of women, not against them: There

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Campus Sexual Assault: Suggested Language for Addressing Retaliation Claims

SUGGESTED LANGUAGE FOR ADDRESSING RETALIATION CLAIMS Docket No. ED-2018-OCR-0064, RIN 1870–AA14, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance Comment submitted to the Department of Education by Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) A number of comments in response to this proposed regulation have suggested adding a provision