I’m hoping the legal system will do something deserving of the crimes, but after seeing all types of animal cases lead to nothing much, then I wouldn’t be surprised to see very little happen. Or plea bargained to nothing.
I think the university just wants her out of their school, and to go away.
Be careful. Unless you are Evel Knievel, you could hurt yourself making that kind of leap.
As for the university, for all we know they may have an internal investigation/hearing/appeal process in play. They could be letting her flame out on her own as the least risk adverse approach short of a felony conviction (I suspect jail time does make it hard to complete your required courses and the felony conviction may still require them to go through due process). Or they could just be fairly incompetent as administrations go. But these are all far more likely than The Grand Conspiracy Theory.
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“A student found in violation of the offenses listed below is subject to sanctions reigning from a warning/reprimand to suspension.”
“20. Conduct inappropriate for a Tuskegee University student. This is conduct, which may bring disfavor upon the University. Additionally, students may be sanctioned for conduct which constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, or well-being of members of the University community; or which is detrimental to the University’s interest, whether such conduct occurs on-campus, off-campus or at university-sponsored events.”
“34. Off-Campus Misconduct. Any student who violates community law regulation off-campus, so as to bring negative report upon himself/herself and the University, shall be in violation of the Campus Codes of Conduct and punishable as shall be determined.”
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The notion that Tuskegee needed her to bring them horses for experiments or some such is laughable. You don’t seem to understand that there’s junk horses hip deep in south Alabama. No need to travel all over pretending to be a good person on behalf of the school.
She’ll be found guilty and expelled. That’s the likely course of action. Innocent until proven guilty, remember?
Nevermind that the IACUC would likely take a dim view of a steady stream of horses being supplied by a student.
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I believe in the rule of law. But she is so guilty .
My guess is that since she was sent her assignments while in jail, and she’s bailed out now, that she’ll graduate, and then won’t be the school’s problem.
in Blackwood’s pretrial hearing on March 5th her court date was set for August 5, 2019… so I expect her to graduate this spring as of now she had not been convicted of any wrong doing therefore the school can not do much at all as currently everything is allegations
Folks need to keep their eyes peeled for what state this scumwad applies for licensure in and deluge the state board with complaints about her “ethics”.
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Can a state board deny a license for ethical reason, even if the applicant hasn’t been convicted of a crime?
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She’ll probably graduate. Of course that doesn’t mean anyone has to hire her for their practice or use her as their vet. Personally I would drop any practice that would hire her. It’s not like her name is a secret.
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That’s an interesting question. Here are the PA regulations (looked them up for another thread):
https://www.animallaw.info/statute/pa-veterinary-chapter-14a-veterinary-medicine-practice
Might be possible to deny a license there for this sort of behavior–combo of
[B]§ 485.21 /B Circulating untrue, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive advertising.
and
[B]§ 485.24 /B Refuse to issue or renew a license.
Maybe?
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States vary. Here, in MA:
“The Professional and Ethical Reference form must be completed by a currently licensed veterinarian who
are familiar with your veterinary skills, as well as your professional and ethical conduct. The
recommending veterinarian does not need to be licensed in Massachusetts. All applicants are required to
submit two (2) Professional and Ethical References.
The form must be completed, signed by the recommending veterinarian, and notarized. The completed
forms must then be uploaded with the rest of your application materials.”
I imagine the board would entertain evidence that there are problems in this department…
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she could go to work for the government, they are always short of Vets to do stuff such as vets in food processing plants.(currently have 1398 open positions that come up in a general search for USGov jobs- Veterinary Medical Officer)
Here is the US Gov’s Public Trust background investigation sheet… does not even ask about any indictments… read it
Public Trust background investigation
With the federal jobs, the application question about arrests was removed, however, the person will still have to qualify for a clearance/background check, and then it will come up. A basic NCIC (like they do on Cops, or Live PD) will show it also.
Follow up question: do state boards reciprocate if one state denies an applicant for ethical reasons? I’m guessing that answer is no in the case of a new applicant…
I think it depends on if the test to apply for a license is done by each state individually (law for example), or a national certification.
I suspect you’re right–they wouldn’t automatically be informed. Though, I wonder if there might be questions on the application about “have you applied for licensure” anywhere else?
Licensure is state-by-state.
