Senator Would Bar Voiding Military Sex-Assault Verdicts
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg: “Giving military commanders with no legal experience the ability to completely nullify a jury’s verdict...
New York Times: Sexual Assaults and Military Justice
The New York Times Editorial Board writes: Victims of assault, long discouraged from reporting attacks, should not have to complain...
Hagel Orders Military Sexual Assault Case Review As Controversy Comes To Congress
Molly O’Toole reports for the Huffington Post on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: The victim in the case, a...
AP: Victim Calls Decision in Assault Case Shocking
Richard Lardner reports for the Associated Press on Protect Our Defenders: At a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday, a...
Bill Would Ban Commanders From Overturning Court-Martial Verdicts
Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Parrish read a portion of a...
Video: Reps Speier, Braley and Meehan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Military Commanders from Overturning Convictions
Video of a press conference held by Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier, Representatives Bruce Braley, and Patrick...
Top-Level Probe of Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Long Overdue
Tod Robberson reports for Dallas Morning News on Protect Our Defenders: After I posted this item, I received an email...
The Guardian: Victim of US Military Sexual Assault ‘Scared’ After Conviction Overturned
Karen McVeigh reports for The Guardian on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: At a press conference on Tuesday, Nancy...
Media Advisory: Protect Our Defenders to Read Statement from Aviano Sexual Assault Victim
**Survivor Brian Lewis, Petty Officer Third Class Navy Ret. and Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member will testify at the...
Protect Our Defenders Testifies Before Senate Armed Services Hearing on Sexual Assaults in the Military
Watch hearings video here Read the Statement from Aviano victim (below) Read Testimony from Protect Our Defenders Board Member Brian Lewis...
General’s Decision to Overturn Sentence Under Review
Sig Christenson reports for the San-Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Protect Our Defenders founder Nancy Parrish...
New York Times: Hagel to Open Review of Sexual Assault Case
James Risen reports for The New York Times: The Wilkerson case has gained attention because it highlights what critics say...
Hagel to Review Aviano Sexual Assault Case
Richard Lardner reports for The Associated Press: [Defense Secretary Chuck] Hagel said that under military law, neither he nor the...
Media Advisory: Protect Our Defenders President to Read Statement from Aviano Sexual Assault Victim on Tuesday
**Protect Our Defenders President, Nancy Parrish will read a portion of a statement from the victim of the sexual assault...
Hagel Orders Review of UCMJ after Wilkerson Sex Assault Case
Nancy Montgomery reports for Stars and Stripes: In overruling the jury’s verdict, Franklin, himself a fighter pilot, had disregarded the...
Military’s Sexual-Assault Rules Need Review, Hagel Says
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “There is no justice in a...
Washington Post: Air Force General’s Reversal of Pilot’s Sexual-Assault Conviction Angers Lawmakers
Craig Whitlock reports for The Washington Post on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.),...
Political Blotter on Military Judicial Reform Act
Josh Richman reports for Inside Bay Area on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San...
Service, Not Subservience: The U.S. Military’s Sexual-Violence Problem
Eryn Sepp reports for The Daily Beast: There is a persistent problem of institutionalized sexual violence in the military that...
The Shame of Military Rape
Steve Chapman reports for The Chicago Tribune on The Invisible War: A female general says: “It’s akin to what happens...
Leon Panetta: Military ‘Looked the Other Way’ in Case of Jeremy Goulet, and Santa Cruz Officers Paid the Price
Josh Richman reports for San Jose Mercury News: Some U.S. military officials “looked the other way” rather than aggressively pursuing...
Film Sheds Light on Sexual Assault in Military
Bob Seay reports for WGBH on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris: “The only credible solution is an...
Air Force’s Accountability for Sexual Assault: Not Promoting Convicted Officer
Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “This case sends a horrible message to victims...
Reinstated Air Force Pilot Unlikely to Get Promoted Any Time Soon
Nancy Montgomery reports for Stars and Stripes: Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, suggested in her letter that superiors should...
Screening Of Film About Rape In The Military Kicks Off Group’s Fundraising Push
Carol Livengood reports for the San Mateo County Times on Protect Our Defenders: The 501(c) 3 nonprofit Protect Our Defenders...
How One Man Can Let His Fellow Servicemember Get Away With Rape
Annie-Rose Strasser reports for ThinkProgress: “I think there is a culture issue,” (Sen Claire) McCaskill said. “I don’t think one...
At Senate Military Sexual Assault Hearing, Top Military Members Will Hear Victims’ Testimony
Molly O’Toole reports for the Huffington Post: “Our best, brightest and bravest join our armed services for all the right...
MSNBC: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault at Lackland Air Force Base
Rev. Al Sharpton interviews Lackland survivor Virginia Messing and her attorney Susan Burke, who has collaborated with Protect Our Defenders...
Senators Blast Military After General Overturns Sexual Assault Verdict
Frank Oliveri reports for Roll Call on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Nancy Speier: “There is no justice in...
Former Lackland Trainer Sentenced to 3 Months in Jail
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: Deraas, who had faced up to one year in jail in a...
Walz Bill Will Work to Right Wrong for Misdiagnosed Veterans
A new House bill introduced by Congressman Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) calls for a review of the records of 31,000 veterans...
Rep. Walz Bill to Help Veterans
Winona Daily News reports on Congressman Tim Walz (D-Minnesota), who introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday...
MSNBC: A Victim in the Air Force Rape Scandal Breaks Her Silence
MSNBC reports on Lackland survivor Virginia Messsing and her attorney Susan Burke, who has collaborated with Protect Our Defenders on...
IG to Return to Duty After Conviction Tossed
Kristin Davis reports for Air Force Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “It’s an example of a broken...
Case Dismissed Against Aviano IG Convicted of Sexual Assault
Nancy Montgomery reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “It’s a system full of command...
[VIDEO] New York Times: Lackland Rape Victim Talks of Ordeal
James Risen interviews Virginia Messick, the first victim of the Lackland Air Force Base scandal to speak publicly about her...
New York Times: Attacked at 19 by an Air Force Trainer, and Speaking Out
Jim Risen reports for the New York Times: “It’s no mystery why they don’t come forward,” said Laurie Leitch, a...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders’ Statement on The Invisible War
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** STATEMENT FROM PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS PRESIDENT NANCY PARRISH...
Congress Taking Aim at Military Sexual Assaults
Joyce Tsai reports for Air Force Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our...
Daily Beast: ‘The Invisible War’ Spurs Action Against Military Rape
Kirsten Davis reports for The Daily Beast on The Invisible War: “It shouldn’t be part of that tough job that...
ABC News: ‘Invisible War’ Shines Light on Rape in the Military
ABC News reports on The Invisible War, an Oscar-nominated documentary focusing on sexual assault in the military: Watch More News Videos...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Will Go to War Against Sexual Assault in Military in Upcoming Hearing
Heidi Evans reports for New York Daily News: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants Congress to tackle the 19,000 sex assaults per...
ABC: Oscar-Nominated ‘Invisible War’ Reveals Hidden Rape Crisis in the Military
Ely Brown reports for ABC News on The Invisible War and Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jessica Hinves: “I...
Judge: Evidence in MTI’s Court-Martial Illegal
Kristin Davis reports for Air Force Times: A bulk of the evidence in the case against the latest military training...
Spotlight on Oscar Docs: “The Invisible War”
Catherine Green interviews Kirby Dick, director of the The Invisible War, for Los Angeles Magazine: Tapping social media, victim advocates,...
Video: Kirby Dick on PBS NewsHour
Watch Kirby Dick from The Invisible War discuss the epidemic of sexual assault assault in our military on PBS NewsHour...
Sexual Assault Rates Rise in US Jails, Prisons and Military According to New 2012 Statistical Analysis
Hannah Waller reports for The Guilfordian on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “Every aspect is dysfunctional: from prevention and...
MSNBC: ‘The Invisible War’: Women in the Military and the Realities about Sexual Assault
NBC News interviews Kirby Dick, director of The Invisible War, an Oscar-nominated documentary about the epidemic of sexual assault in...
Lackland Trainer Gets Prison for Sexual Misconduct
Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: An Air Force basic training instructor facing 22 years in prison was sentenced...
Witnesses Contradict Star Witness in Lackland Sex Case
Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: Sitting in a chair in the far end of the supply room, LeBlanc...