National Journal: Military Sexual-Assault Verdicts Revive Debate on Hill
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this National Journal article:
And Gillibrand said the Sinclair decision underlines why her legislation is needed.
“It’s not only the right thing to do for our men and women in uniform, but would also mitigate issues of undue command influence that we have seen in many trials over the last year,” she said.
Nancy Parrish, the president of Protect Our Defenders, backed the senator’s efforts, calling the Sinclair case “a clear example of why nine out of 10 sexual-assault victims never report their attacks.… This case demonstrates how high-ranking bad, abusive, and even unlawful behavior is tolerated. The level of tolerance is too often dictated by the number of stars you have on your shoulders.”
