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The specific details within the statement provided by campus police influenced the prosecutorial decision. The omission of a key claim like rape impacted the prosecutor's evaluation of the case.
Documents obtained by The New York Times reveal that the Cornell University campus police submitted a statement to a prosecutor concerning an alleged assault incident. This statement, which was condensed, did not include the complainant's explicit claim that she had been raped. Following the receipt of this condensed statement, the prosecutor subsequently declined to bring charges in the case.
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