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Arrested. its about one in five. and thats 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. its very difficult to get a conviction for acquaintance rape particularly among students. . this is why prosecutors r...

To go -- >> it can solve the problem of false accusations. >> but you know, lets not assume it happened, let not assume it didnt happen. lets fully investigate each case in its own right all the way through, and if that happened, we wouldnt have the problem that youre alluding to. >> i concede a couple of points and add a couple of points. im not here as a character witness of jameis winston. he did steal crab legs. he behaved badly with erica kinsman, even if you believe his version. the questi...

Cases. last august, sam, a defensive end at baylor university, was sentenced to six months in jail, and ten years probation, for raping a fellow student in 2013. thats a much different judgment than baylor reached when it examined the case itself. acore cording to an investigation, the school didnt even see the hospital rape kit before, quote, clearing him. baylor university president ken starr since issued a statement, announcing the school has hired an outside firm to examine bay alreadys hand...

Misinformation. you preetrepeated it without chg it. >> hold on a second. the larger issue is this is one case, okay. we could do this foreevery single case, we could parse all of the evidence on either side to your point the investigators did not look for in evidence. but to the larger point, and i know youve looked at this at notre dame, in lots of places. are college athletes exempt because the school has such a sim buy theic relationship with them they cant have their reputations ruined? >> ...

Do that. >> reporter: in campus hearings guilt has a lower bar. its not beyond a reasonable doubt but for most universities the standard is weather the accused is more likely than not responsible. in thus case, the ucsd hearing panel found the accuser was credible in her assertion he tried to digitally penetrate her and he ignored her objections. they ruled that, more likely than not, he violated the student code for sexual misconduct. every time he appealed his punishment was increased, with no...

Contested where are the letters? >> another school that you featured in the film fsu florida state university, in a letter to cnn, fsu, thats of course the school where jameis winston was accused of rape they call your film quote unfair. >> fsu says they provided a vics advocate. they did take action toward the victim. and they took in an independent judge to investigate her case. what is your sigh? how do you respond? >> you know, erika has told her story four or five times on the record, and s...

Same time, the accused students have rights. >> reporter: the ucsd case is one of more than 20 brought against universities in recent months by students found responsible for sexual misconduct. >> were going to see a lot more of these cases coming down. >> reporter: shes a vocal critic of the tribunal process. >> if any of these cases are actually cases where someone is raped, what that means with the unfair process will make the case vulnerable to be overturned and the victim will not be vindic...