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>> PAM: HE MADE HIS
COURTROOM APPEARANCE TODAY,
AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER
WHERE HIS ATTORNEY SAYS, THE
CASE WILL REMAIN.
".PUNISHMENT OR
RETRIBUTION"
>> PAM: THE JUDGE *DENIED* A
REQUEST TO RELEASE THE TEEN
TO THE CUSTODY OF HIS
FAMILY, HOWEVER, THE COURT
WILL ALLOW THE BOY TO ATTEND
HIS SISTER'S FUNERAL.
ACCOMPANIED BY A PROBATION
>> PAM: A NEW REPORT HAS
BEEN RELEASED BY SAN JOSE
STATE UNIVERSITY THAT
DETAILS THE ALLEGED HAZING
OF A 17-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDENT BY HIS
DORMITORY SUITEMATES.
>> PAM: KRON 4'S CHARLES
CLIFFORD IS LIVE FOR US
TONIGHT ON CAMPUS, WHERE
SCHOOL OFFICIALS HELD PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON TO
DISCUSS REPORT. CHARLES?
>> REPORTER:THE REPORT WHICH
IS SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES
LONG WAS PUT TOGETHER FROM
STATEMENTS MADE BY THE
VICTIM, HIS ALLEGED
ATTACKERS, WITNESSES, AND
SCHOOL EMPOYEES. IT ALSO
INCLUDES DETAILS ON THE
UNIVERSITY'S HANDLING OF THE
SITUATION.
>> REPORTER:THE AUTHORS OF
THE REPORT CONCLUDE THAT FOR
THE MOST PART SCHOOL
OFFICIALS RESPONDED
APPROPRIATELY... AT LEAST
ACCORDING TO CURRENT SCHOOL
POLICY... WHEN THEY WERE
MADE AWARE OF WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
>> REPORTER:THAT REPORT ALSO
NOTE THAT THE ALLEGED HAZING
MAY HAVE CONTINUED FOR SO
LONG BECAUSE THE VICTIM AND
WITNESSES FAILED TO COME
FORWARD FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> REPORTER:THERE HAS BEEN
SOME CRITISICM LEVELED
TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY'S
PRESIDENT CLAIMING THAT HE
WAS SLOW TO RESPOND WHEN THE
HAZING ALLEGATIONS CAME TO
LIGHT. AFTERNOON, HE WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE DELAY.
>>I'VE ALREADY HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY STAFF
ON CHANGING SOME OF THE
PROTOCOLS SO THAT I'LL BE
INFORMED IN MUCH MORE TIMELY
FASHION
>>THE NEW REPORT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS
TO HOW THE SCHOOL COULD
KEEP THIS SORT OF THING
FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THAT
JOB NOW FALLS TO A TASK
FORCE MADE UP OF STUDENTS,
FACULTY AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT WILL HOLD A
SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
RETIRED JUDGE LADORIS
CORDELL WILL LEAD THE TASK
FORCE.
>> REPORTER:
>>WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
THE ENVIRONMENT TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE
DONE TO ENCOURAGE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE
SUBJECT OF THIS KIND OF
ALLEGED ABUSE THAT COULD
ENABLE THEM TO COME FORWARD.