Why does a university have the power to find somebody guilty of sexual assault, and not the actual courts? EDIT, I am rate limited so I can't reply: The speci

Why does a university have the power to find somebody guilty of sexual assault, and not the actual courts? EDIT, I am rate limited so I can't reply: The specific phrase was "found guilty" and the specific wrong being alleged is sexual assault, which is a criminal offense for which people can go to prison. University HR can fire him if they like, but they cannot find him guilty of a sexual assault any more than they can find him guilty of fraud or manslaughter. People are innocent of all crimes until they are proved guilty in a fair trial, in a real court with a real judge and a real jury. > Did the university send him to prison, or are you collapsing multiple different connotations of "guilty" into one? Excuse me, am I collapsing multiple definitions here? It seems to me the parent commenter is pivoting on two different connotations of "sexual assault" and "guilty", so as to have it both ways: ostracize this person as one would an actual sex offender, without needing to go through the awkward formality convicting him of a sexual offense.