Guardian: US fighter pilot at centre of military sexual assault row forced to retire
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Guardian:
Military leaders have vehemently resisted proposals by lawmakers to remove the prosecution of sexual assault and other crimes out of the chain of command altogether, and give it to independent military attorneys.
Nancy Parish, of Protect Our Defenders, a victims advocacy group, said: “It is about time Wilkerson was at least held accountable for some of his reprehensible behaviour. We hope this brings some solace to the Aviano victim and her family – even though she was denied justice.”
“The fact remains that Lt Gen Franklin, without any reasonable basis, egregiously set aside Wilkerson’s conviction. Because Franklin took this irresponsible action, Wilkerson will not be on a sex offender list.”
