Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls on Schumer to bring bipartisan military sexual assault bill to the floor
Currently, when a person reports a sexual assault or major crime in the military, the decision whether to prosecute is made by military commanders within the chain of command. Gillibrand’s bill would shift the decision to prosecute away from commanders to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors.
And, Gillibrand points out, many of the United States’ allies, such as the United Kingdom, have already implemented similar processes within their armed forces. “[Reed’s] insistence on narrowing this bill to one crime, the crime of sexual assault, you’re going to basically break apart the criminal justice system within the military,” Gillibrand said. “You’re going to create one set of justice for one set of plaintiffs and defendants and the rest for everybody else. It’s not fair.”
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