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NPR reports:

Judge Rules That University Did Not Hold Fair Trial In Sexual Assault Case

A sexual assault complaint at the University of California, San Diego, led to a university investigation. The accused student was suspended. But a Superior Court judge has ruled that the school did not provide him a fair trial. Los Angeles Times reporter Teresa Watanabe discusses the impact of the case with NPR’s Arun Rath.

ARUN RATH, HOST:

It’s a story that could have happened at any college campus. After a party, two students end up in bed together. What happens between them leads to a sexual assault complaint and then a university investigation. The male student is suspended. But here’s where the case at the University of California, San Diego is unique. The accused male student fought back and won. A Superior Court judge ruled last week that the University did not provide him a fair trial. Los Angeles Times reporter Teresa Watanabe explains how the judge came to that decision.

TERESA WATANABE: The judge specifically found that the student’s right to confront and cross-examine his witness was violated. For instance, the student had submitted 32 questions of cross-examination to the accuser, and the panel hearing chair only allowed nine of those to be actually questioned or brought out in the hearing. The other thing that the judge criticized was the female accuser was allowed to testify from behind a screen. That’s actually very common, and it’s actually part of federal guidelines to, you know, allow that situation. But in this case, the judge said that that also impinged on the male student’s right to fully confront the victim.