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Kristina Derro
\nVeteran Advocate<\/p>\n

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a> is leading the charge to end sex crimes in the military by giving a panel of seasoned, independent military trial lawyers the power to decide whether to prosecute sexual assault cases. Currently, this power is held by a small number of high-ranking military officials. Senator Gillibrand argues in her proposal before Congress that this power structure is the very reason why sexual assault goes practically unpunished in the military.<\/p>\n

After examining 329 sexual assault cases that occurred in 2014 at U.S. bases, she found that \u201cthe case files suggest a continued large-scale systemic failure and an ingrained culture that protects the accused and ostracizes the survivor at the expense of the public and our service members\u2019 safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the top down, military officials tend to suppress sex crime allegations as much as possible, often at the expense of the victim. The same holds true in the military (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kristina Derro Veteran Advocate U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is leading the charge to end sex crimes in the military by giving a panel of seasoned, independent military trial lawyers the power to decide whether to prosecute sexual assault cases. Currently,…<\/span><\/p>\n

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