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A Jury Acquitted Him On All Charges, But Yale Still Expelled Him. Now He’s Suing The School And His Accuser.

Ashe Schow
A Jury Acquitted Him On All Charges, But Yale Still Expelled Him. Now He’s Suing The School And His Accuser.
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Colleges and universities have a lower standard of proof than the American legal system when it comes to allegations of sexual assault. This means that a student who is charged with sex-related crimes but found not guilty by an impartial jury can still be expelled from his school.

The difference in proof — coupled with an inherent bias in adjudicators who are trained to believe all women — makes it easy for colleges to expel students based on less evidence that is presented at trial.

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