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re: Jameis Winston finally being brought o justice!!!!!
Posted on 12/2/14 at 5:01 pm to randomways
Posted on 12/2/14 at 5:01 pm to randomways
Casher and Darby, who were Winston's roommates at an off-campus apartment and were there on the night of the alleged incident, refused to answer Harding's questions on the advice of their attorneys. Citing a Florida State student conduct rule which allows students to refuse to testify, Casher and Darby told the judge they intended to "stick by their prior position" because of a threatened lawsuit.
So it may be in their right to refuse, but if they do, the school should have the right to expel them?
So it may be in their right to refuse, but if they do, the school should have the right to expel them?
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Posted on 12/2/14 at 5:04 pm to Cheese Grits
Thanks for the update.
Why would they refuse to testify? ....
Why would they refuse to testify? ....
Posted on 12/2/14 at 5:09 pm to Cheese Grits
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So it may be in their right to refuse, but if they do, the school should have the right to expel them?
School's not bound by normal jurisprudence. They don't have to respect the whole self-incrimination thing. Obviously they can't force the two to testify, but if they feel there's enough evidence to consider the two obstructive in their behavior, they certainly can expel them. A civil suit might conceivably follow, but if the two are in any way guilty, they won't bring one because civil suits give them considerably less protection than criminal cases and judges are a lot less tolerant of plaintiffs who won't testify.
But I have serious doubts about whether FSU would expel them, regardless, barring some major PR scandal. Nothing I've seen thus far suggests they're big on treating their star athletes like any other student.
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