Panel: Commanders should retain authority in sex assault cases
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Military Times:
The sexual assault victims advocacy group Protect Our Defenders was quick to denounce the recommendations and said the organization will continue pressing for change.
“Instead of listening to our veterans, those who were sexual assault victims and then subjected to retaliation by their chain of command — this panel has so far decided to stand with the status quo and the hollow Pentagon promises of ‘zero tolerance,’” noted a statement released by Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish.
A straw poll of full committee members found that in addition to Hillman, retired Virginia Beach, Va., Commonwealth’s Attorney Harvey Bryant also does not support the subcommittee’s recommendations.
