Consensus: Campus Kangaroo Courts are Harming Survivors SUCCESS! On May 6, 2020, the Department of Education released its new Title IX regulation. The regulation, which supports both complainants and the accused, took effect on August 14, 2020. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In 2011 the Department of Education released its Dear Colleague Letter on campus sexual violence. The Letter launched a bold [...]
Fallacies of Victim-Centered Methods "Victim-centered" methods -- also known as trauma-informed or “Start By Believing” -- presume that the complainant has experienced significant physical and psychological trauma. As a result, victim-centered investigations emphasize the collection of evidence supportive of the complainant and discourage the collection of exculpatory evidence. Victim-centered investigations represent a departure from ethical standards of [...]
#MeToo? #NotMe! UPDATE: In 2018, Joe Biden announced, “For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, you’ve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what she’s talking about is real.” But in a March 2020 interview, Tara Reade claimed she had been assaulted by Biden in [...]
Gender Warriors Play On Popular Passions in Quest for Mob Justice SUCCESS! On May 6, 2020, the Department of Education released its new Title IX regulation. The regulation, which will support both complainants and the accused, take effect on August 14, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ At several points in our nation’s history, notions of due process have been overcome [...]
‘Start By Listening’ or ‘Start By Believing’? The right to due process is a constitutionally guaranteed right afforded to Americans. Criminal investigations that are impartial, fair, and honest are one of the hallmarks of due process. But so-called “victim-centered” investigations threaten to turn adjudications in the criminal justice system and on campus into a sham, resulting [...]
Let’s Approve the New Title IX Regulation, End Campus ‘Kangaroo Courts’ SUCCESS! On May 6, 2020, the Department of Education released its new Title IX regulation. The regulation, which will support both complainants and the accused, takes effect on August 14, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Campus disciplinary committees have often been derided as “Kangaroo Courts” due to their deeply flawed [...]
One in 10 Is Far Too Many Nikki Yovino, 18, a student at Sacred Heart University, was convicted for falsely reporting that she had been raped by two football players. On August 23, 2018 she was sentenced to one year in jail. Prosecutor Tatiana Messina charged that Yovino — pictured on the right — had harmed [...]
Tell DOJ to Abandon its Plan to Establish a Title IX Sex Offender Database SUCCESS! On August 16, 2018, DOJ Communications Coordinator Sarah Blazucki sent the following message to SAVE: “The SMART Office is not considering a proposal to have students found responsible in campus discipline listed in a sex offender registry or any other database.” [bolded in the original message] [...]
Campus Equality, Fairness, and Transparency Act SAVE has developed a model bill designed to bring fairness to the campus sexual assault issue. Titled the Campus Equality, Fairness, and Transparency Act (CEFTA), the bill supports the rights and interests of both the complainant and accused student, and encourages the involvement of local criminal justice authorities. CEFTA [...]
SB-169: We Can Do Better UPDATE: On October 15, 2017, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed SB-169, citing its many due process and fairness concerns. His veto message can be seen HERE. In November 2018 a working group appointed by Gov. Brown issued a series of campus due process recommendations. Subsequently. Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson introduced SB-493, a bill that would train Title [...]
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