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GoIrish41

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...saw it as group A was injured based on Group B's conduct (drunk driving or reckless driving), but because of the injury to Group A, it was found group A did something illegal to a far lesser degree (drinking or speeding), and Group A was somehow given a break on punishment because they got torn up...just saying it didn't work out like that for me, and I wouldn't assume any law enforcement person would let anything they had knowledge of go because you got torn up. The discretion to let you off lies with the DA which = Honor Board...but they are indeed going to investigate...everything that gets referred to them. If folks have a problem with that...man I don't know what to tell you. I think all of our hopes are that at some point very early in the process, someone takes a holistic look at the torn up person and says, hey lets get you back to yourself, no you aren't getting hammered for anything you did, but yes we will discuss your behavior after you are back on your feet, and we have a chance to do some fact finding, and we may have you take xyz seminar. Thats how things should work in my view.

I don't disagree with this. That school policy, as I understand it, was saying the girl would be punished (as if being raped was not enough punishment) for breaking a rule. And that punishment was up to getting kicked out of school. That type of policy will prevent young girls from reporting sexual assaults. That is the larger central point here. Its a dumb policy.
 

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I don't disagree with this. That school policy, as I understand it, was saying the girl would be punished (as if being raped was not enough punishment) for breaking a rule. And that punishment was up to getting kicked out of school. That type of policy will prevent young girls from reporting sexual assaults. That is the larger central point here. Its a dumb policy.

...I think we can read any serious honor code literally and come to the conclusion that they could blunt reporting of Rape. If the discretion to apply a range of punishment is not there, or discretion is simply not being applied with reason, then Yea, I see a problem too.
 
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