Can military try sexual assault cases? Critics decry general’s plea deal.
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Christian Science Monitor:
Advocacy groups say that the outcome of the trial is another reason why military commanders should not have the authority to decide whether the prosecution of sexual assault cases should move forward. Such authority would have been stripped from commanders under a bill sponsored by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) of New York, but it was filibustered and prevented from coming to a vote earlier this month.
“The Sinclair case is one more very stark example of why independent military prosecutors should be in charge of deciding whether to go forward with cases,” Nancy Parish, president of the Protect Our Defenders advocacy group, said in a statement.
“It has been well-documented and long known within the military that Gen. Sinclair conducted himself in outrageous and inappropriate – even unlawful – ways.”
