Four women separately told police the same USU student had raped or sexually assaulted them in 2015
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[QUOTE]Logan • In November 2015, Anna sat on a patterned couch at the Logan police station, tearfully telling Detective Kendall Olsen about the night she says a male Utah State University student raped her.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Two of the women thought prosecutors would consider combining their allegations to make a stronger case, but police reports — provided in May through an open records request — indicate the accused student was never interviewed for one of those cases. Nor was he contacted during the police investigation of the fourth woman's accusation, according to the reports.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Three of the women were Utah State students and reported to their school. Under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, schools must take action if there is a potential continuing threat to students.
But it appears the university never fully investigated the allegations or sanctioned the student, who has graduated.[/QUOTE]
Do our universities have any middle ground between 'ignore claims' and 'convict without investigating'?
[QUOTE=Luni;50774742]Do our universities have any middle ground between 'ignore claims' and 'convict without investigating'?[/QUOTE]
Yes, but those are boring and don't make the news.
It's fucking stupid to allow smear campaigns and the like against suspected rapists without any evidence proving that the rape has actually occurred, see matress girl, but it's equally stupid to disregard accusations and not conduct proper investigations.
I don't understand why so many universities seem to lack the competence to make sure that investigations into sexual assaults are done right.
These investigations shouldn't be handled by universities in the first place, Rape cases should be investigated and handled by law enforcement.
[QUOTE=soulharvester;50775804]These investigations shouldn't be handled by universities in the first place, Rape cases should be investigated and handled by law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
Basically my beef with this,
Any laws dictated by the federal government, the state or by the county (does that happen?) should be handled fully by the police and with the universities legally obliged to coorporate in the investigations.
Only those that are mere campus rules should be handled by the university & affiliated security service.
[QUOTE=soulharvester;50775804]These investigations shouldn't be handled by universities in the first place, Rape cases should be investigated and handled by law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
Completely agree. My understanding is that Title IX depelartments make sure policies and procedures are followed, and can mitigate conflicts. So, rescheduling students and their classes or tests, or the like. It's not meant to replace police investigations at all, which is why universities are required to actually do something (instead of sitting on their ass, as this school did).
[QUOTE=soulharvester;50775804]These investigations shouldn't be handled by universities in the first place, Rape cases should be investigated and handled by law enforcement.[/QUOTE]
What even is the legal basis for this in the US?
Over here, a university would get sued like crazy if they did this.
[QUOTE=Tamschi;50782174]What even is the legal basis for this in the US?
Over here, a university would get sued like crazy if they did this.[/QUOTE]
It's exploiting Title IX which prevents sex-based discrimination in state/federal funded institutions.
[url]http://knowyourix.org/why-schools-handle-sexual-violence-reports/[/url]
"For many survivors, campus reporting is their only option." AKA They don't want to go to the police, probably because their case wouldn't likely go anywhere, if they lack evidence that a crime took place. So instead they go to their university have them do an investigation instead, which is problematic because it creates a conflict of interest between the university and the students being prosecuted against because universities don't want to risk taking flak by allowing someone accused of rape to stay on their campus.
It's both more likely to let real rapists go free (If students refuse or put off pursuing action through our justice system) and punish those falsely accused depending on how much of a liability or asset the accused student is, it's a total joke.
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