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Education

Jul. 17, 2015

Lawyers hail campus assault ruling

A ruling out of San Diego County Superior Court which found there was not enough evidence to convict a male student of sexual assault could have wide-ranging impact on the glut of sexual assault cases currently plaguing universities nationw


By Deirdre Newman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A San Diego judge's ruling that there was insufficient evidence to convict a male
student of sexual assault could have wide-ranging impact on sexual assault cases on
campuses nationwide, legal experts said Wednesday.


Superior Court Judge Joel M. Pressman on Friday ordered UCSD to dismiss its findings
against a...

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