Hear Me Out: Campus Assault Hearings Are A Disaster

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… dear colleague.  The way
universities and colleges handle sexual assault cases has changed a
lot in the last 13 years. Part of that is because of the sheer
vastness of the higher education system; everyone does everything
differently. But federal guidance has also shifted with each of the
last three administrations… and our guest today argues that none of
those systems have worked. In fact, they’ve all been unmitigated
failures. Lara Bazelon of the University of San Francisco joins us
to argue that existing systems should be burned down — and replaced
with restorative justice.  If you have thoughts you want to
share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the
show: hearmeout@slate.com Podcast production by Maura Currie. You
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