error. southern illinois university would not comment on eva s case, citing legal and privacy concerns, and told cnn the university takes all reports and investigations of sexual assault very seriously. i felt like i had survived a semester of torture, of being forced to relive what was the worst day of my life over and over again, and i felt like it was for nothing. reporter: even with the flaws in the university panels, some say it s still necessary to keep victims and campuses safe. when someone says to you these need to go away, every rape needs to be investigated by the police and a prosecutor s office, what do you say? the problem that we re seeing now is that, when students are coming forward, it s often long after an assault has happened so they may not have the option to get the forensic evidence or something that will hold up in a court of law. this is their only option. oftentimes their only option.
arrested. it s about one in five. and that s even rarer it goes to prosecution, one in ten. everybody involved in law enforcement thought that this was a very credible case and moved it forward. in the end he was convicted. he was convicted. just to be clear, the grand jury in this case, indicted him, but he was convicted of something lesser? right. this happens all the time. it s very difficult to get a conviction for acquaintance rape particularly among students. . this is why prosecutors raurly take the case. the fact the prosecutor took the case shows a great deal of evidence this actually happened. and, again, to be clear, he he was convicted of, nonsexual assault, a misdemeanor and not of camilla, it was of her friend? correct. i d like to say to law professors where have they been? if 98 times out of 100 women are telling truth and there s an epidemic of one in five getting
was aware this assault had happened within two months of the assault happening. yet, they allow third down process to go on for two years. i mean, florida state has completely failed in this, and i think t the new york times did an excellent piece on this that showed conclusively how florida state has failed. you ve heard there has been criticism of the film from different corners and attorneys. did any of that surprise you? no. you know, there hasn t been that much criticism. i think i want to say most schools have not been critical of this. the fact that so many schools have actually used this as a way of opening up discussion on their campuses, sometimes it s faculty or students or sometimes administrators. the vast majority of the schools have not been critical of this. they know this is a problem, and i think, you know, the fact that this school is compelling them to change in some ways, they wanted to do this themselves.
charges that he used force, no evidence whatsoever introduced at trial that he was the one responsible for the inebriated state for the women portrayed in the film as victim nor was anybody vested with final decision making authority persuaded that mr. winston was guilty of any sexual assault offense at all. mr. winston was subjected to a long, harmful ordeal for no good reason. well, let s start from the beginning. the film does not say that brandon winston used force. the fact that these the these harvard law professors are implying the film did, when in fact it didn t, already raises credibility issues around the professors. secondly, the grand jury indicted him on two counts of sexual assault. keep this in mind, actually it s very rare when a survivor reports an assault to a police that the accused is even
they re feeling empowered and validated if a way never before. it really been heartening to see how people are rallying around people coming forward, applauding them for their courage. what i noticed at every screening someone comes up to me and says, i was too scared to say something. thank you for this film, it makes me feel better others are out there talking. it s in the shadows, people keep secret, how few victims report rape, to go on camera, know they would be on national television it s a huge decision. an act of courage. this country owes a debt to everybody in the film. there s no question, without survivors coming forward and reporting assault, talking about the press, the public would not know about it and no opportunity for the perpetrator to be charged in anyway. people have been afraid 0 come forward because of the shame and stigma around the act. there s a lot of misconceptions