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...University’s response to sexual assault is becoming even more critical, especially with the mounting pressure that off-campus rape crisis centers are enduring at the hands of state budget-slashers. Massachusetts’ state leaders have found it acceptable to leave rape victims without the support they deserve. By giving due consideration to the measures proposed by CASAH and giving close scrutiny to the corroboration rule repeal, Harvard can become a better model of how to deal with sexual assault, and support student’s safety...
...ideal world, rape victims unwilling to go to the criminal courts would be able to find justice at Harvard. But by calling for a Harvard judicial board to try rape cases without “corroborating evidence,” the Staff expects College administrators to rely on “he said, she said” testimony when making decisions that will have long-lasting personal consequences for the students involved. With neither predetermined sentencing guidelines nor strict standards for evidence, Harvard judicial boards are clearly unequipped to investigate rape allegations fairly. The corroborating evidence standard...
Instead, serious crimes like rape should be investigated in Massachusetts state court, where prosecutors have power to requisition evidence and subpoena witness testimony, and where all parties are guaranteed due process under the law. A state court, not Harvard, has the necessary means and enforcement power to ensure that all parties are treated fairly...
...executions were preceded by grisly bouts of torture, according to family members who visited the arrested men in prison before their deaths. Rasheed Kokasv said his brother was forced to watch guards rape a woman prisoner, an acquaintance of his. Adnan Yaser, 22, received electric shocks to his genitals, according to his uncle, Aessa Bedan Sahee. "When we saw him, he already was finished," said Sahee. "The government was watching us, so we couldn't tell anyone about this or we would've been arrested ourselves...
...Even a Republican, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, has asked for more time to study one of Bush's nominees, J. Leon Holmes of Arkansas. Holmes, a past president of Arkansas Right to Life, has asserted that "conceptions from rape occur with the same frequency as snow in Miami." In fact, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, about 25,000 pregnancies each year are the result of rape...