… and career executioner.
Part of the ruling stated:
The University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct “did not meet the conditions necessary to be considered quasi-judicial. Consequently, Doe is not entitled to absolute immunity.”
Additionally:
Those accused of sexual assault in the higher education context often face life altering and stigmatizing consequences, including suspension or expulsion, criminal referrals, lack or revocation of employment offers, loss of future academic opportunity, and deportation. In the face of these consequences, we must acknowledge that the accused’s right to fundamental fairness is no less important than the right of the accuser or the larger community to achieve justice.
Universities try to take over what should be a judicial process under the guise of Title IX. They fail, miserably, because they have an agenda going in–the man is always guilty. Moreover, they allow public opinion to affect their actions.
This never should have been a question. Once he was found not guilty in a true court of law, he should have been free to sue his accuser (and Yale as well).
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