jinxy wrote:How would you propose them handling it? Honest question. I dont think you can just waive their punishment.
My question would be why not? The legal system does it all the time. If our goal is to know whether one of our students did something terrible and illegal, we should do what we can to encourage witnesses to testify one way or the other.
If you don’t give some type of immunity to witnesses in these cases, it actually discourages women to come forward if they’ve been sexually assaulted. They fear not only the public shame at a conservative school but also the reprimands and punishment for being at the party.
Our goal has to be the safety of our students and the only way we can fully get that is to have transparent investigations where potential witnesses aren’t threatened with punishment for speaking up.