Posted on Jul 28, 2023
Biden orders changes to how sexual assaults are prosecuted in the military
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President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday to implement reforms passed by Congress that the White House says will "significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases."
Instead of military commanders making key decisions in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, murder and other serious offenses, the executive order transfers that authority to specialized, independent military prosecutors, the White House said in a release detailing the changes.
The order amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to implement the changes passed by Congress in an annual defense policy bill for fiscal 2022. The White House described the shift as representing "the most significant transformation of the military justice system" since the uniform military justice framework was established in 1950.
Instead of military commanders making key decisions in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, murder and other serious offenses, the executive order transfers that authority to specialized, independent military prosecutors, the White House said in a release detailing the changes.
The order amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to implement the changes passed by Congress in an annual defense policy bill for fiscal 2022. The White House described the shift as representing "the most significant transformation of the military justice system" since the uniform military justice framework was established in 1950.
Biden orders changes to how sexual assaults are prosecuted in the military
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This is a necessary and long awaited move. Some senior leaders committed sexual assaults early in their careers and it was swept under the rug by commanders who very likely also committed sexual harassment and /or sexual assault. We need to take those blindfolds off and do away with the escape hatch and hold the perpetrators accountable no matter their rank, This is obviously a hot topic for me having been a victim of a heinous sexual assault by serial rapists who belonged to the military pilot community, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel With new DNA technology and thousands of reports, it’s become harder to hide, reports of the same locations, the same perpetrators, the same details are being correlated and identifying people formerly in top leadership positions.
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Maj Kim Patterson I'M very sorry to hear that you also fell victim to the US Military's favorite pastime of sexually assaulting its members. And people wonder why I would not reccomend serving in the military. I know they would be raped before they got out of basic.
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We’ll, that fool finally did the right thing, imagine that ! That which is in the dark, will come to light.
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