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    I was Charged with rape, will I get rejected from university?

    when I was 17 I had a 6 months relationship with this girl and she cheated on me and falsely accused me of rape. I was charged with the case even though my lawyer said I should should not had been charged because of the stupid evidence. while in court some evidence came to light like the day she accused me of raping her she was not even at home, she was at doctors. , the case still continued and ultimately I was found not guilty by the jury.

    I have been told by a solicitor that I could get loose my place (for pharmacy course) at university for being charged with rape even though I was not convicted
    I have been given an offer by liverpool john moors university but they said in order to get fully accepted I have to undergo the good character check.

    the university will do an enhanced DBS check, so will it mean they will not accept me because I was charged? I am hoping to do a pharmacy course in university.

    I have written to the uni explaining what happened and why it was a false accusation, because the day she accused me off she was somewhere else and she tried moving it a week before, but also turned out to be false as she was in college the day.

    Recently I went to uni and applied for the DBS check. They told me not to worry about it too much and if anything does show up on the DBS check, they will look at my explanation and I should be fine. Another one of the universities which I was rejected called UCLAN said they did not reject me for my charged with rape accusation and that their panel did not think I was unsuitable. But I hope the university I want to go to (liverpool john moors) will let me in
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    Hi Garbodor, Welcome to the forum. I'm so sorry you've been through this, and what's terrible is that even though you've been found not guilty , the charges still seem to be there to haunt you.

    See it from the Uni's piont of view... they obviously want to know who is coming to their Uni and whether they pose a threat to others.

    By telling them that you were falsely accused , that you were found not guilty ( unanimously?) by a jury and that you were then dimissed shows that you're being up-front without making a big deal out of it.

    You can obtain a certificate to state this by writing to the court concerned if you think it will help (should be free of charge).

    It's bound to feel raw to you and all that fear, indignation, humiliation, and everything else still on the surface. They just want to make sure they don't have people who are a threat to anyone else ontheir campus, and from what you've said , you're not.

    Best of luck

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    • #3
      Originally posted by whatsgoingon? View Post
      Hi Garbodor, Welcome to the forum. I'm so sorry you've been through this, and what's terrible is that even though you've been found not guilty , the charges still seem to be there to haunt you.

      See it from the Uni's piont of view... they obviously want to know who is coming to their Uni and whether they pose a threat to others.

      By telling them that you were falsely accused , that you were found not guilty ( unanimously?) by a jury and that you were then dimissed shows that you're being up-front without making a big deal out of it.

      You can obtain a certificate to state this by writing to the court concerned if you think it will help (should be free of charge).

      It's bound to feel raw to you and all that fear, indignation, humiliation, and everything else still on the surface. They just want to make sure they don't have people who are a threat to anyone else ontheir campus, and from what you've said , you're not.

      Best of luck

      Hello

      Thanks for your welcome

      I am assuming you live in America? In the UK, you don't get told whether the jury's decision was unanimous. They just choose one of their 12 members to state their verdict.

      I have written to the uni's (both of them) why it was a false accusation. I was rejected by one and I asked them if my charged with rape was a reason for that, even partially and they said no, their decision has nothing to do with that. However, I have an offer from liverpool john moors university and in order to get accepted I have to pass their fitness to practice. I have applied for a DBS check and I am waiting for the police to finish it. I've been waiting for it now for 3 weeks...

      Liverpool said if anything shows on my DBS, they will have a panel meeting and decide whether it's serious enough for them to reject me.
      But I don't understand how they could possible do that if I already told me why it was a false accusation as the accusation was impossible on technical grounds. I am a little anxious
      Last edited by Garbodor; 17 July 2013, 10:45 PM.

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      • #4
        Not in america.

        There is no such thing as a non-unanimous verdict here. If even one jury member says not guilty, then you cannot be convicted.

        Also, in America universities dont do background checks. they don't even ask you if you have been to jail or not. Here we consider it none of their business. If the accuser and the accused are both in the same university when it happens, then you can be suspended, but if it happened before they would never know about it.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Garbodor View Post
          Hello

          Thanks for your welcome

          I am assuming you live in America? In the UK, you don't get told whether the jury's decision was unanimous. They just choose one of their 12 members to state their verdict.
          No , I don't. At the only trial for sexual assault (in the UK) I attended recently , when it came for the appointed juror to give the verdict, the judge asked if their desicion was unanimous, to which he replied 'Yes'.

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            Originally posted by BlackLantern View Post
            Not in america.

            There is no such thing as a non-unanimous verdict here. If even one jury member says not guilty, then you cannot be convicted.

            Also, in America universities dont do background checks. they don't even ask you if you have been to jail or not. Here we consider it none of their business. If the accuser and the accused are both in the same university when it happens, then you can be suspended, but if it happened before they would never know about it.
            That is very strange. So even if once person out of 20 says "not guilty" then you will be acquitted?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by whatsgoingon? View Post
              No , I don't. At the only trial for sexual assault (in the UK) I attended recently , when it came for the appointed juror to give the verdict, the judge asked if their desicion was unanimous, to which he replied 'Yes'.
              That did not happen in my cause; however if my theory is worth anything then I can say they certainly made the verdict unanimously as it was technically impossible to have happened (due to dates turning out to be false). Other than that, she changed her story few times. The jury are not the prosecution who are looking for the smallest thing to have you convicted over. They are sane people.

              I really don't see why it should be legal for someone to get rejected from a job because they were just charged with something. I mean what the hell happened to innocent until proven guilty? The legal system in this country is badly in need of reform.

              I was rejected from university for being dyslexic because they decided I am not suitable. Apparently if university's "say so" then it's not discrimination. But surly a non-conviction should not be used against someone, otherwise what the hell does the word of court matter?
              Last edited by Garbodor; 18 July 2013, 06:08 PM.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Garbodor View Post
                That is very strange. So even if once person out of 20 says "not guilty" then you will be acquitted?
                Not quite. There are always 12 jurors. If 11 say "guilty" and even one says "not guilty" it would be a locked jury. That means you would get a new trial with a new jury. this will keep happening until you get a unanimous verdict.

                how does it work there?

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                • #9
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_jury
                  And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world. Then made the world round .... and laughed and laughed and laughed ..

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by BlackLantern View Post
                    Not quite. There are always 12 jurors. If 11 say "guilty" and even one says "not guilty" it would be a locked jury. That means you would get a new trial with a new jury. this will keep happening until you get a unanimous verdict.

                    how does it work there?
                    i didn't actually get that, out of 12 jury, if even one say not guilty then there will be re-trial? i thought it works like majority votes?

                    and if like 7 says not guilty and says guilty, will it be retrial again?

                    i might be wrong..

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