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Defense attorney in Yale sex case defends tactics that brought a not guilty verdict

Mar 11 - New Haven Register

Attorney Norm Pattis, whose aggressive defense of a former Yalie led to the student’s acquittal on charges that he sexually assaulted another Yale student, says he has no regrets about his courtroom...

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A Yale Student Accused Her Classmate of Rape. His Lawyers Asked What She Was Wearing and How Much She Drank

Mar 9 - Time

How much did she have to drink? Why didn’t she wear a more modest outfit? Why did she and the man she later accused of raping her look “like two lovers” while walking together on campus?...

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Suspended Yale Student Acquitted in Halloween Rape Case

A jury Wednesday acquitted a former Yale student of raping a fellow student two and a half years ago. Now, he is seeking reinstatement to the university.

Mar 9 - Connecticut Law Tribune

A Yale University student has been found not guilty of raping a female peer on Halloween night in 2015.
A six-person jury deliberated three hours before rendering its verdict that 25-year-old Saifullah...

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Full acquittal in Yale rape case; Title IX investigation would have never revealed Yale misconduct

Are campus police ‘a de facto arm of the campus bureaucracy’?

Mar 8 - The College Fix

Saifullah Khan predicted four months ago he would beat his prosecution on rape charges.
The ex-Yale University student was right – but he’d probably have a different verdict if his accuser...

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Former Yale student found not guilty of sexual assault

Mar 8 - New Haven Register

Saifullah Khan, who had been on trial on sexual assault charges, was found not guilty on all counts Wednesday.
The jury’s decision in the emotional and controversial case, announced shortly after...

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Yale Rape Verdict Shows How ‘Yes Means Yes’ Can Be Murkier in Court

Mar 8 - The New York Times

When a jury in the trial of a Yale college student on rape charges returned a verdict of not guilty on Wednesday, after barely three hours of deliberations, the message seemed clear: Evidence that might...

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Former Yale Student Found Not Guilty In Rare Campus Sexual Assault Trial

Taking the stand for three days, the accuser maintained she had been too drunk to consent.

Mar 7 - Huffington Post

A man accused of raping a Yale classmate on Halloween 2015 was found not guilty Wednesday by a New Haven, Connecticut, jury after a trial of less than two weeks.
A woman referred to only as Jane Doe, now...

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Suspended Yale Student Acquitted Of Rape Charges

Mar 7 - CBS Connecticut

A suspended Yale University student accused of raping another undergraduate student in 2015 has been acquitted of all charges, and his lawyer is calling on the school to reinstate him.
A state jury in...

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Suspended Yale student from Afghanistan is acquitted of rape charge

Mar 7 - Fox News

A suspended Yale University student from Afghanistan accused of raping a female undergraduate student in 2015 has been acquitted of all charges, and his lawyer is calling on the school to reinstate...

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Yale Student Found Not Guilty of Raping Classmate in Rare Campus-Assault Trial

Mar 7 - The Cut

Yale student Saifullah Khan, 25, was suspended by the university after being accused of sexually assaulting a female classmate on Halloween night, 2015. On Wednesday, he was found not guilty of rape, following...

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