Bangor Daily News: Sen. King should give military assault victims a voice: Remove cases from chain of command
Caroline Baldacci, an eighth grader and Student Council president at James F. Doughty School in Bangor, Maine calls on Senator Angus King to support Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Military Justice Improvement Act:
Maine’s senators, Susan Collins and Angus King, are split on this key issue. Collins favors Gillibrand’s approach, while King sides with McCaskill. King has called McCaskill’s plan “a very comprehensive and far-reaching and strong proposal.” However, big victims groups such as, Protect Our Defenders and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, have rallied behind Gillibrand’s bill.
I urge King to reconsider his decision. Mainers sent him to Congress to give a voice to the injured. Victims of sexual assault in the military are given a voice when their cases go to objective prosecutors. They are given a voice when justice can be served and there is no retaliation.
