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Originally Posted by AGDee
I should rephrase- they should not be the ones determining whether someone is guilty of a crime and being the only entity doling out punishments. I agree they have to deal with the repercussions.
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They shouldn't be the *only* entity, but there's no reason that violations of a school's code of conduct shouldn't be investigated in parallel with violations of criminal law. There are lots of reasons the criminal justice system fails victims.
For example, if most rapes are indeed committed by serial rapists, the school can take that into consideration in making decisions, while that may or may not be admissible in a criminal justice situation. If a guy commits three rapes, and none of them can, individually, be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, but a school has records of three separate women accusing a guy of rape, I'm really quite alright with them kicking him out of school.