One might assume that because this new, independent investigation had affirmed Johnson’s guilt with the higher burden of proof demanded by Commissioner Christian, the matter was now resolved, and Johnson would be expelled posthaste. But by the autumn of 2013, when the independent investigation had been completed, the dean of students who presided over the original adjudication of Johnson, Charles Couture, had retired, and the dean who replaced him, Rhondie Voorhees, unilaterally rejected the independent expert’s conclusion. Then Voorhees re-examined the case yet again with the “clear and convincing” evidentiary standard and pronounced Johnson not guilty.