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Justice warriors in the dock

Kangaroo court committees face legal action over unfair treatment of accused male students.

2 August 2022

4:00 AM

2 August 2022

4:00 AM

What a nasty shock. Campus administrators in charge of America’s kangaroo courts thought they could get away with running roughshod over the legal rights of young men accused of sexual assault. For years they’ve been doing just that, but now they’ve been put on notice that they might be in the firing line when it comes to legal action against the universities.

A series of judicial decisions have issued a warning to justice warriors who use their positions as campus officials to throw young men under the bus.

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