How Justice Is Denied to Military Women
Susan Milligan reports for US News & World Report: The logic is so appallingly circular and nonsensical that it provokes...
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Overturning Verdict Was Right Decision, General Says
Nancy Montgomery reports for Stars and Stripes: “I’ll tell you I am sleeping like a baby at night time,” Franklin...
Not Invisible Anymore
Rick Outzen reports for Independent News: Nan wants to see the culture change and thinks getting the investigation and punishment...
Guardian: Air Force General Draws Renewed Fire as Military Sex Assault Row Rumbles On
Karen McVeigh reports for The Guardian: It also emerged on Thursday that, in his clemency letter, Wilkerson told Franklin they...
Video: Rape in the Military
Ring of Fire interviews investigative journalist Rick Outzen about the epidemic of sexual assault in the Military:
WSJ: Documents Show New Details in Air Force Case
Julian E. Barnes reports for Wall Street Journal on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, the president of...
DoD Revamps Rules on Preventing Sexual Assaults
Patricia Kime reports for Navy Times: Among the changes: Improved sexual assault response capabilities, including medical care, counseling and trained...
The Air Force Sexual Assault Scandal Shows Exactly What’s Wrong With The Military Justice System
Paul Szoldra reports for the Business Insider on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: The case fuels the argument that...
The Military’s Sexual Assault Non-Solution
Juliette Kayyem writes for The Boston Globe : Indeed, Hagel’s proposed changes don’t include the clearest way to reduce sexual...
Wall Street Journal: Air Force General Defends Dismissing Sex-Assault Conviction
Craig Whitlock reports for the Washington Post on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our...
Washington Post: Air Force General Defends Overturning Sexual-Assault Conviction
Craig Whitlock reports for the Washington Post: His explanation further infuriated some lawmakers, who said he had no business substituting...
Air Force General Defends Decision To Overturn Sex Assault Conviction: Criticism Is ‘Utter Nonsense’
Molly O’Toole reports for the Huffington Post: “I am keenly aware of the significant Congressional interest and media coverage of...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls for Gen. Franklin to be Dismissed from US Military
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2013
Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT ***
PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS FOR LT. GEN. CRAIG FRANKLIN...
APNewsbreak: Air Force Officer Defends Move to Overturn Sex Assault Verdict
The Associated Press reports: [Lt. General Craig Franklin] acknowledged that Wilkerson didn’t pass a polygraph test and that there were...
Tucson Sentinel: More Az Veterans Report Dealing with Military Sexual Trauma
Christina Silvestri reports for the Tuscon Sentinel: “We’ve developed this stigma, this patriotism, this culture, that just because they wear...
NBC News: Army Employs Video Game to Help Curb Sex Assaults; Critics Call it ‘Affront’
Bill Briggs reports for NBC News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “For decades, leaders in our military have...
STATEMENT: Internal Pentagon Conflict Hinders Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights
**A copy of Air Force LTC Joshua Kastenberg’s US v. Daniels, USAF decision and other cases mentioned in the statement...
Listen: Protect Our Defenders Advocates for Change in Military
550 KTSA News in San Antonio reports on Protect Our Defenders: Military Rights Group, Protect Our Defenders, is calling for...
Protect Our Defenders Issues Statement on Pentagon Conflict of Interest
Washington DC – New legal attacks from all branches of the military are denying victims of sexual assault their fundamental...
UPI: Hagel Calls for Rape Reform in Military
UPI reports on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of the Protect Our Defenders advocacy group for...