Dozens of students met in Newcomb Hall Ballroom last night to discuss possible changes to the University Judiciary Committee's treatment of hate crimes. The ad hoc committee on hate crimes -- led by second-year College student Mai Hassan and second-year Law student Eli DeJarnette -- formed in April in response to a spring University-wide referendum where 70 percent of voting students supported stronger sanctions for hate crimes.
Hassan and DeJarnette, along with UJC Chair Tim Ormsby, discussed current procedures for trials before moving on to possible changes regarding hate crimes.
Ormsby explained the two-prong trial process where students are first tried for guilt and then have a separate second trial to determine an appropriate sanction. Under existing guidelines, judges can take extenuating circumstances into consideration during the second sanctioning trial
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