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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Expulsion is back at UVA

https://uvamagazine.org/articles/new_honor_code_restores_expulsion

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I think you missed some stuff. There’s a lot on the table.

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[b]Codifies multiple sanctions.[/b]
The Honor Committee gains broad discretion in fashioning penalties, [u]starting with rehabilitative education and having offenders make amends[/u], escalating to temporary or permanent removal from the University community.

[b]Tightens jury composition.[/b] 
An accused student can no longer opt to have a jury composed entirely of randomly selected peers adjudicate one’s case. A hybrid of seven randomly selected students and five Honor Committee representatives will be empaneled instead, with conviction requiring nine votes.

[b]Separates sentencing from conviction. [/b]
If a jury votes to convict, the proceedings move to a separate sentencing phase. It falls to the five Honor representatives on the jury to determine punishment, but with an important check on their ability to expel a student. For a first-time offender, the Honor Committee members need the consent of at least three of the lay jurors from the guilt phase to mete out the System’s maximum penalty.

[b]Restores and expands opportunities to admit guilt.[/b]
 By removing the threat of expulsion, last year’s amendment negated the chief incentive for confessing and avoiding the risk of a conviction in an Honor hearing. The new system of tougher sanctions and greater jury oversight would seem to correct that. The new constitution goes on to expand the timeframe in which the Honor Committee will accept confessions in exchange for lesser penalties.[/quote][/quote]

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