Carbondale group seeks new SIU sex assault investigation
Posted November 18, 2015 6:00 am
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Carbondale community group is pushing Southern Illinois University to review its sexual assault policies and re-open an investigation into a freshman's rape complaint.
The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (bit.ly/210krfM ) reports that a group known as The Consent Party is organizing a letter-writing campaign over a case involving a female student who claims she was sexually assaulted by a male classmate in late August.
Group leader Amanda Braden says the school did not find enough evidence to charge the student with sexual assault.
A university spokeswoman declined to discuss the case, citing student confidentiality.
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