oceanblueeyes
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In the case of Universities, they don't conduct their investigations like a criminal case, it is more like a civil case where the bar for proof is much lower. They use preponderance of evidence as the standard rather than beyond reasonable doubt. It varies from campus to campus of course, but the people who sit on those disciplinary committees tend to have activist/politically correct views on subjects like this. In situations like a she said/he said dispute, the burden of proof will often lie with the accused since it is assumed that no one would make an accusation like that without cause. So you might easily see a situation where a student is expelled but no criminal charges are proceeded with due to insufficient evidence.
An example of how this can play out is provided in this recent report (this particular case was in a school, not a university, but the mind set is the same)
I do believe the college did believe the accusations and that IS why they expelled him. Had he been really innocent then he could have civilly sued them for expelling him without cause. I also think he had another issue during the time he went to the second college.
This woman did report it. She received injuries from the rape that required hospital treatment.
Her case did not get prosecuted because the young woman did not want to go forward. That is sadly quite common due to victims being attacked in court by defense attorney and the victim is put on trial rather than the defendant. Plus it is also humiliating having to tell what a rapist has done to them in great detail. That is one of the many reasons why only 10% of rape victims ever report it. IMO Some fear if they go forward with the rape case it could make the rapist even more vengeful.
And colleges are notoriously known for wanting rape cases to just go away. It dampens their reputation and effects enrollment.
I believe a poster here put up a link earlier that Liberty college has been fined for covering up cases such as this one.
I also believe that the second college also involved another rape allegation but this time he just left college after 9 months because he knew he would be expelled from that college as well. Imo, that is why this second college is cooperating with LE and have divulged to them the real reason why JM left.
IMO