Slate: Navy Hearing Grills Alleged Rape Victim on Her Oral Sex Technique, Whether She Wore a Bra
Protect Our Defenders is featured in this article from Slate:
What unfolded earlier this month was not a civilian trial; it was an Article 32 hearing, the internal preliminary proceedings that determine whether a case goes to court-martial. Taryn Meeks, executive director of Protect Our Defenders, told MSNBC that “the Article 32 process is yet another example of the broken military justice system. It’s a traumatic experience where the survivor is subject to cross-examination for hours or even days. Article 32 gives defense counsel almost unfettered access to the victim which often re-victimizes that person, and can significantly undermine their shot at getting justice.”
In other words, it’s an institution that needs not just to be fixed, but to go away. At least the alleged victim knows her rights are being manhandled. She has filed a lawsuit demanding that the Naval Academy’s superintendent recuse himself from her case.
