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...necessarily have the appropriate skills to handle cases of sexual assault; members of a new board responsible for such cases must be thoroughly trained. The ability to understand and evaluate the complexities of evidence in sexual assault cases, including the relative value of testimonies and medical evidence (including rape kits), is essential to making responsible decisions in these cases and cannot be done properly without training...
...current Ad Board’s prerogatives regarding punishment—would require special procedural safeguards reflecting the delicate nature of the cases it examined, including confidentiality throughout the proceedings and separate advocates for each party to avoid conflicts of interest. In designing the new board, experts from rape resource centers and other groups familiar with the complexities of rape cases must be consulted and their advice heeded. A new board should also protect students’ legitimate expectations of a fair process, one of the greatest flaws of the current Ad Board...
...addition to ensuring a fair disciplinary process, the College must do more to meet the immediate needs of rape victims. Currently, there is no single central hotline to call or building to go to where rape survivors can receive comprehensive guidance in the aftermath of sexual assault. Many students are unaware of the need to collect physical evidence, when it is available, and University Health Services currently lacks the resources and staff training to do so. The College must correct all of these deficiencies so that sexual assault victims get the support they need...
Although the College should be honest about its inability to reach adequate conclusions in many cases and should advise rape victims of the advantages of the criminal courts, the choice of which process to pursue must remain in the hands of sexual assault victims themselves. When they choose to pursue cases in the criminal courts, the College should accept that decision and discipline convicted rapists. Sexual assault victims should not, however, be forced to wait, often for years, for the criminal courts to issue a verdict before they can live safely in their dorms. The College must provide a trained...
...Rape is one of the most heinous crimes short of murder. It is therefore imperative that students accused of rape are tried in a criminal court and not in a pseudo-legal rape tribunal at Harvard University...