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		albertgoeswoof on Nov 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A note to our employees Isn’t sexual assault / harassment a criminal offence though? Surely the state should be prosecuting the moment a law is broken? Or does the US justice system work differently?

xyzzyz on Nov 8, 2018 [–]

There are plenty of fireable offenses of sexual harrasment type that don’t meet the relevant criminal standard of sexual assault. Sexual harrasment is not a crime, though often it is very close to the crime of sexual assault (e.g. unwanted touching is a crime).

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