Colleges across America now must hold live testimony hearings with cross-examination in campus sexual assault cases.
with cross-examination in campus sexual assault cases, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Wednesday in putting new rules in place.
The Department of Education released the new rules despite pleas from a number of organizations to delay them until after the coronavirus pandemic ends. According to that letter, finalizing the proposed rule now would also cause confusion about ongoing Title IX complaints and investigations, which have already been disrupted by the coronavirus, with campus closures and employees working remotely.
Changes included schools switching to a single investigator method. That meant a single university employee or outside expert did separate interviews with the person who said they were assaulted, the alleged assaulter and any witnesses and then wrote up a report. Both sides often had a chance to review the report, but couldn't ask each other or witnesses questions.
At the same time, those accused of sexual assault — mostly men — filed their own series of lawsuits, alleging the schools had not given them due process and their right to cross-examine their accuser.
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