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E-PrinceThe University is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for various alleged Title IX violations regarding sexual assault reporting, New England School of Law professor Wendy Murphy said in an email ...
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Allegations as serious as sexual assault should be met with the same burden of proof as in a court of law. Just because expulsion from university is not as severe as going to prison doesn't mean the university's disciplinary procedure can justify compromising that burden. Notions such as "the presumption of innocence" and "beyond all reasonable doubt" are not there so that the U.S. Justice System can discriminate against sexual assault victims, but to uphold the rule of law and ensure our society is a just one where human rights are protected and respected.
Wendy Murphy is my favorite feminazi. I only remember all too well how she felt due process was not needed with the Duke lacrosse rape accusations...
Won't someone please be my friend? I'm so desparate and lonley. God I just want someone to talk to. I've been fapping and commenting on every Prince artlce for 26 straight hours on every Prince article and its just never enough to fill the void.
Old Nassau needs to indemnify all members of discipline committees in the performance of their duties, otherwise, the individuals serving on those committees enforcing a University standard of guilt can be sued and then must defend themselves. If the University doesn't indemnify, then NOBODY should serve because they have some exposure to a potential lawsuit. If the University does indemnify, then the University mny need to exert procedural oversight of the committees.
A classic case of no free lunch.
OLD NASSAU, just keep thinking of the $50 million Duke lacrosse settlement.
I'll bet nobody from the University Admin reads this anyway but committee members (students and faculty)should...
wow i already have my fill of bs for the day
Why should corroborating evidence be necessary to convict everywhere except in a sexual assault? Seems like the university has it right to me.
Investigation of blatant racism in admissions, however, goes unremarked upon
One of the first things you learn in law school is SUE EVERYBODY!
It's not just the committee members who need to worry in a civil rights law suit, it may be all the witnesses too who are a party to the alleged civil rights violations...and the statue of limitations is THREE YEARS.
So let's see the math: 9 Honor Committee people (7 plus 2 investigators) per case, 5 witnesses per case (2 accusing, 3 defending),5 cases per year, 3 years = 210 people to indemnify (max)per year.
Then the discipline committee: 4 committee members, 5 witnesses per case, 50 cases per year, 3 years = 3000 people to indemnify per year (max.)
Then the judicial committee...I don't feel like calculating...
If 3 Duke students settled for $50 million, then the maximum exposure is $51 BILLION...
HMMMM...maybe it's better NOT to indemnify, the University couldn't afford to either pay the insurance premium or to self insure.
I guess that means that anyone involved in discipline actions will need to loose a little sleep for three years...not a problem, students don't sleep much anyway, except perhaps after they graduate. Staff and faculty...they need more sleep.
BS...you wish.
Recall in the early 90s a woman made an open admission as part of Take Back the Night that she had been raped on campus. This was followed by a lengthy disciplinary hearing and public humiliation of the alleged perpetrator, accusations, angry words and inflammatory language from all sides.
Then, in the final issue of the Prince that year, just as everyone was preparing to depart, the alleged victim recanted and revealed that the entire "incident" was manufactured. Very sad.
But by then, much damage had been done to the individuals and the campus community.
Each case is unique, and none should be tried in the court of public opinion, in absence of all the facts.
Can someone email New England School of Law professor Wendy Murphy and tell her New England School of Law isn't a real law school?