Alleged kidnapper was expelled from Liberty U. for brutal rape, but not charged

[JPZenger]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2767276/Jesse-Matthew-charged-abduction-Hannah-Graham-expelled-Liberty-University-girl-claimed-raped-campus.html

Jesse Matthew is charged with the kidnapping of 18 year old UVa Hannah Graham, after he attempted to flee to Texas. According to the linked article, Matthew was previously expelled from Jerry Fallwell's Liberty University for a rape of another student. Of course, they never filed criminal charges, but just got him off their own campus.

'The allegation was that he forced himself upon a girl at a party and had sex with her. The girl said he was aggressive towards her and she filed a complaint against him. He was put off the football team and he was put out of school. Liberty is a very disciplined school with strong religious beliefs.'

Another former teammate, Milton Johnson, claimed: 'LJ was accused of sexual assaulting a girl when he was at Liberty. She was a student at Liberty. He got kicked off the football team and kicked out of the university. He was real rough with her and she ended up in hospital.' "

[Sopkoviak]

1. By what authority would a university have to file criminal charges?

Seems they did the right thing to give him the boot.

[JPZenger]

2. Colleges can have important roles as victim's advocates

There have been plenty of examples where colleges have given little support to victims, and did not encourage them to testify against accusers, and made little effort to encourage witnesses to come forward. The victim was a student of their University.

The police said there was insufficient evidence. That seems difficult to believe if the woman needed to be hospitalized from her injuries, as a former teammate said.

[Laffy Kat]

3. Well there ya go. nt