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College Justice Falls Short For Rape Victim

NPR - All Things Considered

February 26, 2010

One month before, she'd come back to her dorm drunk. She said a man who lived down the hall came into her room and raped her as she passed in and out of consciousness. The man said the sex was consensual. Now Margaux and that man were called together to attend a campus judicial hearing. She'd asked local police to prosecute, but when they refused Margaux was left to rely on the the college justice system. (Continuation of report aired Thursday, Feb. 25. Also see Morning Edition Feb. 24 report.)

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