Gillibrand: Justice for sexual assault victims near on Capitol Hill

The NY Daily News published an op-ed recently by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on the issue of military sexual assault. Senator Gillibrand writes:

Our long bipartisan fight to create an independent military justice system that will give survivors of sexual violence a fair shot at justice will soon come to a head on the Senate floor.

Our men and women in uniform put everything on the line to defend our country. But too often, they find themselves in the fight of their lives not on some far-away battlefield — but right here on our own soil, as victims of horrific acts of sexual violence.

In fact, the Defense Department estimates there were 26,000 cases of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact in 2012 — yet there were only 302 prosecutions.

Read the full op-ed.