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Waco Editorial: Baylor legal moves in sexual assault saga raise questions about Texas AG’s opinion

2016-05-23T16:03:35-05:00

By Waco Tribune-Herald Originally published May 22, 2016 Bowing to the cherished principle that transparency makes for better government, better institutions and better communities, state lawmakers last year overwhelmingly passed a law requiring private university and college police departments to release upon request information such as crime reports, just as city police departments must do. We saw this as a triumph for public safety. One idea behind this warmly welcomed state law was that current and prospective students of private colleges and universities, their parents and surrounding communities have every right to know just how safe these campuses are. Now it [...]

Waco Editorial: Baylor legal moves in sexual assault saga raise questions about Texas AG’s opinion2016-05-23T16:03:35-05:00

Texas AG’s office lets Baylor keep sexual assault investigations secret

2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00

By Bobby Blanchard The Dallas Morning News Originally published Feb. 12, 2016 AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office issued an opinion earlier this week allowing Baylor University to keep investigations into recent sexual assaults at Baylor University secret. Because the victims have came forward and identified themselves to ESPN, an assistant to the attorney general wrote in an opinion that releasing the information would violate common law privacy. Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, said he disagreed with the opinion. “I totally disagree,” said Coleman, who helped pass the bill that made police departments at private Texas universities respond to open [...]

Texas AG’s office lets Baylor keep sexual assault investigations secret2016-02-17T20:35:40-06:00
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