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Air Force General Defends Decision To Overturn Sex Assault Conviction: Criticism Is ‘Utter Nonsense’

Molly O’Toole reports for the Huffington Post:

“I am keenly aware of the significant Congressional interest and media coverage of my 26 Feb. 13 decision,” Franklin wrote in the memo, dated March 12. “I am troubled by the recent wave of continuing negative and biased dispersions being cast upon the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the constitutional court-martial process, and the weighty and impartial responsibility of a convening authority to administer justice.”

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