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 [...]
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 [...]
One-in-Five: Regret is Not Rape UPDATE: Throughout 2014, several commentators such as Mark Perry analyzed the one-in-five claim and concluded it was erroneous. In December, the DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics published a report, Rape and Sexual Assault Victimization Among College-Age Females, 1995-2013. The report defined sexual assault broadly to include assaults, attempted assaults, and threatened [...]
Stop the War on Free Speech on Campus SUCCESS! On May 6, 2020, the Department of Education released its new Title IX regulation. The regulation, which narrows the definition of sexual harassment, will help restore protected speech on campus. The regulation takes effect on August 14, 2020. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In 2011 SAVE launched a campaign for the Department [...]
Falsely Accused of Domestic Violence Have you been falsely accused or wrongly prosecuted for domestic violence? False allegations and wrongful prosecutions harm the innocent, squander resources, and shortchange true victims. 1. Connect: Facebook 2. Tip sheets: How to Avoid and Survive a Domestic Violence False Allegation Before the Accusation If a Restraining Order is Served on You Defending the Allegation Immigration [...]
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