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Surging Public Support for Due Process and the Presumption of Innocence WASHINGTON / November 12, 2018 – Several non-partisan, national surveys point to widespread public concern about the erosion of the presumption of innocence and due process in our country, the problem of false allegations, and a pressing need to reinvigorate these bedrock principles of fairness
New Education Department Rules to Change Procedures for Campus Sexual-Assault Cases By Michelle Hackman Oct. 31, 2018 6:37 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—New federal rules governing campus sexual-assault cases will require that accused students be allowed to cross-examine their accusers, according to people familiar with a draft of the rules. The requirement marks a shift from an
OTL: College athletes three times more likely to be named in Title IX sexual misconduct complaints http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/25149259/college-athletes-three-s-more-likely-named-title-ix-sexual-misconduct-complaints Paula LavigneESPN Staff Writer COLLEGE ATHLETES IN recent years were about three times more likely than other students to be accused of sexual misconduct or domestic violence in complaints made at Power 5 conference schools, according to an
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org #MeToo Excesses Have Turned the Tide of Public Opinion, Surveys Reveal WASHINGTON / November 1, 2018 – Three recent surveys reveal the excesses of the #MeToo movement have increased public skepticism of sexual harassment accusers and rallied support for the accused. As a result, overall support for
#HeToo: How the Campus Accused Fight Back in Court and Often Win By Richard Bernstein, RealClearInvestigations October 30, 2018 John Doe and Jane Roe met at a fraternity party. The two, both referred to with common legal pseudonyms, danced and drank. Then they went upstairs to John’s room, where they had sex. Two days later, Jane filed
Cornell pays accused student $125,000 to settle double-jeopardy suicide lawsuit GREG PIPER – ASSOCIATE EDITOR •OCTOBER 2, 2018 It will pay attorney’s fees as well, once they are assessed Title IX proceedings sometimes traumatize accused students so much they attempt suicide. This happened to a male student at Cornell University, who formally accused his sex partner
SAVE October 23, 2018 A few days ago, a woman known as “Cornerstore Caroline” called the cops on a 9-year-old boy for allegedly sexually assaulting her. But the surveillance video revealed the boy’s backpack accidentally and momentarily grazed her buttocks — there was no assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7goQ7r_xRQ The video went viral, and incident has provoked a national
Due process reflects human nature and it is our best chance for fairness BY WENDY MCELROY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/30/18 07:00 PM EDT According to a recent Reason headline, proposed changes to the Department of Education’s (DOE) Title IX require “due process protections…for individuals accused” of sexual misconduct on campus. A CNN article on Kavanaugh-accuser Christine Blasey Ford states
Wendy McElroy October 17, 2017 Should deliberately false reports of sexual assault be subject to the same legal penalties as false reports of other felonies? Right now, accusers who lie about sexual abuse are criminally liable for filing a false report and perjury, as well as civil sanctions for defamation, but legal consequences rarely occur
Due process legal update: Judge holds that ‘preponderance of evidence’ standard may be unconstitutional in campus sexual misconduct proceedings By Samantha Harris September 28, 2018 Last week, a federal judge in New Mexico allowed a student’s due process lawsuit to proceed against the University of New Mexico and its president, but dismissed his claims against several individual