The University of California at San Diego erred in finding a male student responsible for sexually assaulting another student, a state judge ruled on Friday. The Los Angeles Times reports that Joel M. Pressman, a San Diego Superior Court judge, found the college’s refusal to allow the accused student, who has not been identified, to confront his accuser made the disciplinary hearing unfair. He also found that the college had “abused its discretion” by increasing the student’s penalty without explanation after he appealed the finding against him.
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