Military Times: DoD finds flaws in sexual assault investigations
The Military Times reports:
A Defense Department review of criminal investigations into sexual
assault found deficiencies in 72 percent of the cases, but only 11
percent of the cases had what were considered “significant” errors or
omissions requiring more investigative work, according to a Pentagon
report released Monday.Significant deficiencies included not collecting key evidence or
losing the evidence; not conducting thorough witness interviews; and
not re-interviewing the victim, witnesses or the accused when new
information was uncovered, according to the report from the Defense
Department inspector general, based on a review of 505 closed cases
from 2010.
