The Most Damning Verdict

There is also a telling section about Penn State?s failure to comply with the Clery Act, which Congress passed in 1998 to keep students and parents informed about campus safety. Named for Jeanne Clery, a Lehigh University student who was raped and murdered by a man who went into her dorm at night through unlocked doors, the law requires colleges and universities to report the number of ?sex offenses, forcible or nonforcible,? including rape, acquaintance rape, attempted rape, and unwanted fondling or touching, that take place on- and off-campus. The law says schools must disclose all sex offenses reported to local police or ?campus security authorities,? and since 1999, the Department of Education has had rules telling schools how to follow these safeguards. Penn State was out of compliance with those rules. Other schools have been, too, to be fair. But the university?s disregard for the Clery Act is telling: Spanier knew little about it. The law is a powerful tool for tracking sex crimes. If Penn State had taken it more seriously, they could have ended Jerry Sandusky?s monstrous reign over his victims years earlier.

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