Until Proven Innocent, the book that chronicles the Duke University Lacrosse Team and the false charges they faced, goes a long way towards explaining how this happens.
I disagree with the ATO chapter president in suggesting that the college has a duty to protect students in these cases. This is the job of local law enforcement. Otherwise…
Until Proven Innocent, the book that chronicles the Duke University Lacrosse Team and the false charges they faced, goes a long way towards explaining how this happens.
I disagree with the ATO chapter president in suggesting that the college has a duty to protect students in these cases. This is the job of local law enforcement. Otherwise all the hallmarks of justice are tossed aside. The rights we all associate with getting at objective truth - the right to counsel, to call witnesses and compel testimony, to cross examine - these are barred because the result might be "further trauma" to the accuser(s). An open and above board process would have also put accusers (and their list of hazing tortures) under oath. False testimony should come with consequences, if only to deter others from making similar false charges. Finally, letting these things play out in court offers immunity. Duke ate an undisclosed money judgement in their loss to the wrongfully accused lacrosse players.
Until Proven Innocent, the book that chronicles the Duke University Lacrosse Team and the false charges they faced, goes a long way towards explaining how this happens.
I disagree with the ATO chapter president in suggesting that the college has a duty to protect students in these cases. This is the job of local law enforcement. Otherwise all the hallmarks of justice are tossed aside. The rights we all associate with getting at objective truth - the right to counsel, to call witnesses and compel testimony, to cross examine - these are barred because the result might be "further trauma" to the accuser(s). An open and above board process would have also put accusers (and their list of hazing tortures) under oath. False testimony should come with consequences, if only to deter others from making similar false charges. Finally, letting these things play out in court offers immunity. Duke ate an undisclosed money judgement in their loss to the wrongfully accused lacrosse players.