“That change was largely due to the perception that when a military commander makes these makes these prosecution decisions, that they are not expert attorneys in these cases,” Dr. Nate Galbreath, deputy director of DoD’s Sexual Assault and Prevention Office, told reporte...
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Xinhua) -- As many as 6,769 sexual assault cases in the U.S. military were reported in fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, 2017, up about 10 percent from 6,172 reported in the previous year, according to a Pentagon annual report released on Monday. These cases invo...
Do social trends and social media affect the progression of females within the military or could it hinder progress? How can social media cause adverse effects in high-profile sexual assault cases? Will sexual assault victims ever be able to come forward, get justice, and then move forward ...
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - After a flood of sexual abuse cases in the military, President Obama summoned the nation's military leadership to the White House Thursday. Before the meeting, Gen. Ray Odierno, the army chief of staff, admitted all efforts to stop the abuse have failed. President ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by a dramatic increase in reported sexual assaults in the military, defense leaders said Thursday they want to beef up prevention, but they are struggling to find people to hire and are still developing programs they think can work, after nearly two decades ...
of interest" that exist because of the way the military decides whether to prosecute sexual assault cases. That decision-making power is currently held by a small number of high-ranking officers. Gillibrand's proposal would give that authority instead to seasoned, independent military trial lawyers...
Many people did not speak up about sexual assault, like McSally, as they were so disillusioned with the military system and they chose to try to let time wash away the memories and pain. Those who did report, like Kayla, had hoped for better. ...
After years of repeated reports of sexual assaults — and years of promises to prevent them, and then years of studies and commissions to find the best way of doing so — a Defense Departmentstudyreleased Tuesday estimates that some 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted in the...
Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out ofpandemicrestrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.Mirroring the increase in those reports is the ...