Who Has Jurisdiction in Sex Assault Case: Civilian or Military Court?
Nancy Montgomery reports for Stars and Stripes: “It’s our prosecution. He’s been charged. We have an arraignment set. Our victims’...
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Krusinski Enters No Plea; Trial Date Set for July 18
Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes: The Air Force’s head of sexual assault prevention and response did not enter...
New York Times: Military Courts Are Called Outdated on Sex Crimes
Jennifer Steinhauer reports for New York Times: “We have a system partly from the 20th century and partly from the...
W.H. Holds Meeting on Sexual Assault in Military
Dan Lothian reports for CNN: “I strongly believe that to change the paradigm of chronic non-reporting it is essential to...
CNN: Combating Sexual Assault in the Military
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interviews Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke: “The reality is that neither the president nor Secretary...
AP: Most Military Sexual Assault Cases Go Unreported
Lolita C. Baldor and Donna Cassata report for The Associated Press: Despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs,...
New York Times: Officer Had Clean Record, Air Force Says
Charlie Savage reports for The New York Times: Colonel Krusinski’s case is receiving intense scrutiny. The Pentagon on Monday said...
Meeting on Sexual Assaults in Military
Nedra Pickler reports for the Associated Press: Officials say a bipartisan group of about a dozen senators and representatives were...
AF Asked to Try Officer in Virginia Groping Case
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: “We made this recommendation because, as yesterday’s (sexual assault) report indicates, an...
Diane Rehm Show: Sexual Assault In The Military
Diane Rehm interviews Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke: “When you have decades of a system that’s not working,...
USA Today: Facebook Pulls Page that Denigrates Female Marines
Tom Vanden Brook reports for USA Today on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “I am confident that...
Should Rape Victims “Submit?”
Mary Elizabeth Williams reports for Salon: The fact that the U.S. military still seems to refuse to get the magnitude...
Rep. Jackie Speier Outs Obscene Marine Facebook Page
Carol Lochhead reports for The SF Gate on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: The “F’N Wook” page...
President Obama’s Remarks on Reform in Military Justice
President Obama commented on the need to reform the military justice system at a press conference with South Korean President...
Sexual Assault In The Military
Listen to Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke on the Kojo Nimandi Show: You have this complete and arbitrary...
Buck McKeon Makes Appointment To New Military Rape Review Panel
Michelle Fechtelkotter reports for KHTS AM 1220: It is a federal advisory committee that will conduct an independent review and...
Air Force General Mark Welsh Blames ‘Hookup Mentality’ for Rapes in Military
Michael Allen reports for Opposing Views: “Some of it is the hookup mentality of junior high even and high school...
Top Air Force Commander Blames ‘Hookup Culture’ for Rise in Military Sexual Assault
Arturo Garcia reports for The Raw Story on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “General Welsh should know that the...
Al Jazeera English: Sex Crimes Soar in US Military
Al Jazeera English reports on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Miranda Peterson:
Air Force General’s Remarks Provoke Outrage
Juana Summers reports for Politico: “This is more of the blame the victim instead of blame the perpetrator,” Rep. Michael...