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...Douglas' case is the second time in the last year that the Ad Board has found that a rape occurred on campus. In February 1998, Joshua M. Elster, also Class of 2000, raped a female undergraduate. Last September, he pled guilty to three counts of rape, two counts of assault and battery and one count of indecent assault in Middlesex Superior Court...
...Ad Board has demanded that Elster withdraw from the College and recommended his dismissal, but the Faculty has yet to vote on his case...
...exactly what the reasoning behind their proposal is, but I do know that it is not merely procedural," the woman assaulted by Douglas wrote. "It is possible, and seems likely, that they do not consider his crime worthy of dismissal. Under consideration is not whether he raped me (the Ad Board has already ruled that he did, in fact, rape me) but only what the punishment should...
...Some Faculty are asking whether...the rights of the accused might have been violated by the Harvard process, the process of consideration by the Ad Board," Paul said. "The rights of the accused may have been violated because he didn't have access to counsel at an appropriate time...
...Paul said some members of the Faculty were especially concerned that Douglas may have made incriminating comments before the Ad Board, since the College does not allow students to bring attorneys with them when they appear before the 25-person committee...