Should Military Sexual Assault Victims Have to Release Their Mental Health Records?
The Wire reports:
In the ongoing debate over how the military should reform its handling of sexual assault, one case has gotten more attention than the rest. Almost two years ago, one female midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy says she was raped by three male midshipmen on the football team at an off-campus party. Two of the accused midshipmen have already had charges against them dropped, but one will stand trial in military court in March. As hearings progress, the military has been forced to deal with an issue that’s controversial in courts across the country — whether or not a judge should see a victim’s mental health records.
